拍品专文
Beginning in the sixth century B.C., depictions of female votaries appear in Cypriot art. There are several iconographic types, all related to ritual activities associated with the cult of a fertility deity: priestesses with hieratic garments, frequently holding symbols of fertility, such as birds, flowers or fruits; worshippers with uplifted arms; musicians and ceremonial dancers.
This veiled bust, uncarved below the waist, suggesting it was made for insertion into another sculpture or object, is shown holding a fruit in her right hand. These veiled, draped female figures are known as the "Herculaneum Maiden" type, which take their name from a statue excavated there. For a similar example, dating later from the 1st Century B.C., see acc. no. 74.51.2456 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.