Légende

Votive figure of a youth holding a bird, votive offering, Cypriot sculpture. Figurine of a youth shown standing, left arm down at his side holding a 'handkerchief', right arm bent and raised with open palm facing front. Dressed in a chiton and himation; folds of the chiton marked with slightly wavy shallow lines, folds of the himation highlighted with engraved schematic lines. Relatively small head with regular features, visible eyes, straight nose, and traces of red polychrome on the lips. Hairstyle of small curled locks arranged in two rows; hair decorated with a diadem showing traces of red polychrome. Back of the sculpture unfinished. Date: 480–310 BC (previous dating: first half of the 5th century BC). Origin: Cyprus. Sculpture dimensions: height 43 cm, width 14 cm, depth 14 cm; weight 3.03 kg.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A40_234

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

43.9Mo (5.0Mo) / 21.6cm x 50.8cm / 2557 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Votive figure youth holding bird votive offering Cypriot sculpture Figurine youth shown standing left arm down side holding handkerchief right arm bent raised open palm facing front Dressed chiton himation folds chiton marked slightly wavy shallow lines himation highlighted engraved schematic lines Relatively small head regular features visible eyes straight nose traces red polychrome lips Hairstyle small curled locks arranged two rows hair decorated diadem showing Back sculpture unfinished Date 480–310 Bc previous dating first half 5th century BC Origin Cyprus Sculpture dimensions height 43 cm width 14 cm depth 14 cm weight 3.03 kg weathered stone sculpture viewed outline standing figure rounded head simple headdress surface textured pitted irregular rough patches small rectangular metal bracket attached near upper back visible colors off-white beige light tan gray faint reddish marks set solid gray background.