Harvard Art Museums > 2004.199: Head Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Head , 2004.199,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 28, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/57142. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2004.199 Title Head Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture, head Date c. 500 BCE-400 BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus Period Classical period, Early Culture Cypriot Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/57142 Physical Descriptions Medium Limestone Technique Carved Dimensions 11.43 cm (4 1/2 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History From the collection of Lilian and Benjamin Hertzberg. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Benjamin and Lilian Hertzberg Accession Year 2004 Object Number 2004.199 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description This statue head, broken off at the neck, represents a male youth wearing a laurel wreath. The eyes, indicated by shallow raised relief, are almond-shaped and flat. The nose is prominent, wide, and bulbous. The cheeks are flat. The mouth is indicated by a wide gouge, creating a slight smile. The chin is broad and protruding. A band of hair with shallow vertical incisions runs across the forehead. The ears a slightly raised, and lack detail. The hair, or a continuation of the wreath, covers the back of the neck. The wreath is comprised of a row of vertical leaves. The top of the head extends above the wreath, and is covered with hatching. The back of the statue is flat and undecorated. This head closely resembles those of stone statues and figurines from Cyprus. Its closest parallel is to a head in the British Museum excavated by Sir Robert Hamilton Lang on at Dali (near the ancient city of Idalion), dating to c. 480 BCE (1). Cypriot sculptures of these sorts are generally believed to be images of worshippers that were dedicated in temples. NOTE: 1. BM 1873,0320.16; F. N. Pryce, Catalogue of the Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities of the British Museum, Vol. I Part II: Cypriote and Etruscan (London, 1931) no. C139. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
