CIRCA EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.

Details

A CYPRIOT LIMESTONE HEAD OF A MALE VOTARY
CIRCA EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.
4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm.) high

Provenance

Donald McDonald Creveling (1901-1974), U.S., MIT-trained mining engineer who consulted with the Swedish expedition in Cyprus between 1927-1932; thence by descent to his daughter, Mary C. Krombholz (1935-2015), Indian Hills, Ohio.
Art, Collectibles, Home Furnishings & More, Everything But The House, Cincinnati, 30 May 2017, no. 44.

Lot Essay

It is likely that heads such as the present example, with their distinctive facial features including prominent nose, pointed lips, and large almond-shaped eyes, depicted priests or dignitaries and were erected as votaries. For a similar head wearing a conical helmet see cat. 4 in A. Hermary and J. Mertens, The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Stone Sculpture.

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