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A CYPRIOT LIMESTONE MALE VOTIVE HEAD
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A CYPRIOT LIMESTONE MALE VOTIVE HEAD

LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.

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A CYPRIOT LIMESTONE MALE VOTIVE HEAD
LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.
With tightly curled beard and hair, wearing a conical headdress and wreath of ivy leaves, with low brow, almond-shaped eyes and 'archaic smile', mounted
13 in. (33 cm.) high
Provenance
Gimono collection.
Collection of Edouard des Courières (1896-1987).
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Lot Essay

Cf. A. M. Nielsen, Catalogue: The Cypriote Collection, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, 1992, p. 19, no. 6 for a similarly sculpted head of a man or deity wearing an ivy wreath which can be connected to the cult of Dionysos; also see, V. Karageorghis et al., Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2000, p. 111, no. 174 for similar.

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