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A Cypriot Limestone Votive Head

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A Cypriot Limestone Votive Head: Cyprus,Ca. 7th century B.C The carving of a youthful male with archaic smile and almond eyes. Custom base. H. with base: 5.25".H. with base: 13.3 cm Mihalap Family Collection, Virginia Collected by fa

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Published Cypriot Limestone Head ex-Metropolitan Museum: Cyprus, early Hellenistic Period, ca. 310 BCE. This is a quarter-size limestone head, depicting a male youth wearing a laurel wreath over slightly wavy hair. His face has classically beautiful feature

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Cypriot Limestone Head: This lot from the Cyprus Museum of Jacksonville, NC is accompanied by two documents demonstrating that the collection was acquired legally with the full knowledge of the Cypriot Government. The firs

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Cyprus,Ca. 6th century B.C
The head of a woman, her hair elaborately coiffed with garland diadem. Custom base.
H. with base: 5.25".H. with base: 13.3 cm
Mihalap Family Collection, Virginia. Collected by family in Cyprus, brought to the United States early 1900's