Cypriot head of a bearded male, 460-450 BC
Limestone
Height 34cm
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Cypriot limestone life-sized head from a male statue with long beard formed of spiral curls, and wearing a wreath. Condition excellent apart from very minor chips.
A very imposing piece. It has been suggested that these large-scale heads might represent the Achaemenid rulers of Cyprus; in any event the treatment of the hair is very reminiscent of Persian work of the period.
A very imposing piece. It has been suggested that these large-scale heads might represent the Achaemenid rulers of Cyprus; in any event the treatment of the hair is very reminiscent of Persian work of the period.
Provenance
French archaeologist Charles-Jean-Melchior, Vicomte de Vogue (1829-1916); acquired probably in 1862Hector-Martin Lefuel (1810-1880); by gift c.1870 and thence by descent
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, the Netherlands; acquired from Charles Ede in 2013, Inventory number I 2013/8.1
Exhibitions
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden 'Cyprus Eiland in beweging Grote tentoonstelling met ruim 400 objecten' 11 October 2019 - 15th March 2020 https://www.rmo.nl/tentoonstellingen/tentoonstellingen-archief/cyprus/ https://www.instagram.com/p/B9rjVt9FfOx/ https://www.instagram.com/p/B6votWYFUlT/Literature
Compare T. Spiteris, The Art of Cyprus (London, 1970), p.181 (for the features) and A. M.Nielsen, Corpus of Cypriote Antiquities Vol.8 Cypriote Antiquities in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen (Gothenburg, 1983), no.43 (for the beard).
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