Cypriot Limestone Male Head in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2010

Limestone male head

Period: Archaic

Date: late 6th century B.C.

Culture: Cypriot

Medium: Limestone

Dimensions: Overall: 15 x 9 x 11 in. (38.1 x 22.9 x 27.9 cm)

Classification: Stone Sculpture

Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76

Accession Number: 74.51.2836

Description:

While the foliate wreath identifies the figure as a Cypriot votary, the features of the face—the mustache, the bead, the crisp lines of the eyebrows and eyelids—are clearly dependent on Archaic Greek marble models.


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