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CYPRIOT LIMESTONE HEAD OF A YOUTH

Wearing a segmented cap rising to a peak, with archaic smile, schematically rendered almond-shaped eyes under arching eyebrows, and pronounced ears; traces of red paint remaining.

Ex private Austrian collection, acquired in the 1930s; Prof. Goldeck, Germany.

Sub-Archaic, ca. 500-450 BC

H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm.)

Art of the Ancient World, 2007, no. 196
GMU17
$7,500


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