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LOT 0040
Cypriot Head of a Youth with a Floral Crown
LATE ARCHAIC, LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
9 5/8 in. (958 grams total, 24.6 cm including stand).
Modelled in three-quarter view, limestone face of a youth with almond-shaped eyes with broad upper lids under a flat brow; eyeballs contoured by a fine outer groove and lips with the 'archaic' smile; rosette wreath over spiral-shaped, voluminous curls framing the forehead; the surface abraded and some curls lost; reverse trimmed and smoothed at an angle; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceJean-Louis Debauve (1926-2016).
with Jean Renaud Geoffroy & Yves Becquet Auction, Paris, 16 November 2018, no.225.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The head probably originally belonged to one of the votive statuettes, mostly hewn from limestone, which are frequently documented for the Cypriot region at this period.
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LOT 0040
Cypriot Head of a Youth with a Floral Crown
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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