CIRCA EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.

Price realised USD 150,000

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A CYPRIOT LIMESTONE HEAD OF A MALE VOTARY

CIRCA EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.

Price realised USD 150,000

Closed: 25 Apr 2017

Price realised USD 150,000

Closed: 25 Apr 2017

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A CYPRIOT LIMESTONE HEAD OF A MALE VOTARY
CIRCA EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.
16 ¾ in. (42.5 cm.) high

Said to be from the Temple at Golgoi.
Luigi Palma di Cesnola (1832-1904), first director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1868-1873.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Art Market, Maryland.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2016.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hand-Book no. 3, The Stone Sculptures of the Cesnola Antiquities in Halls 5 and 3, New York, 1904, no. 1430.

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Lot Essay

According to V. Karageorghis, "Bearded human figures wearing conical headdresses, made in both limestone and terracotta, have a long history in Cypriot sculpture, dating from the end of the seventh to the fifth century B.C. These sculptures represent priests or dignitaries, though ordinary people wore the same headdress" (, p. 106).

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