A CYPRIOT LIMESTONE HEAD OF A VOTARY
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A CYPRIOT LIMESTONE HEAD OF A VOTARY

CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.

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A CYPRIOT LIMESTONE HEAD OF A VOTARY
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
With an oval face and prominent cheekbones, his lidded, convex almond-shaped eyes beneath modelled brows, his fleshy lips pursed into a smile, wearing a long moustache, his beard in three rows of short curling locks, a fringe of striated hair low on the forehead, adorned with a wreath of leaves and acorns
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Alfred E. Mirsky (1900-1974).
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