Marble head


Accession Number
W162
Current Location
House of Life (first floor), Egypt and its Neighbours
Object Type
Sculpture, Statue
Material
Stone/minerals (Marble)
Provenance
Cyprus
Number of Elements
1
Measurements
Height: 190mm | Width: 97mm | Depth: 86mm

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Description

A marble head of a goddess (perhaps the Great Goddess or Aphrodite) wearing a tall mural crown. It was purchased by Wellcome at auction in 1930, with the catalogue noting that it comes from Cyprus.

Bibliography

Monloup - Salamine de Chypre. XIV. Les terres cuites classiques. Un sanctuaire de la grande déesse

Wellcome Number
A102085
Other Identity
EC264 (number deleted) | 40/3 (circular serrated label)
Auction
J. C. Stevens. Auction and Sale Rooms: 07–08 Oct 1930, Lot 603
Auction Details
Head of a goddess wearing a tall head-dress, another of a man wearing a Phrygian cap, and another with laurel wreath, all Phoenician, from Cyprus.
Previous Owner
Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
Acquisition
Long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
Last modified: 07 Nov 2022

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