A Cypriot Limestone Votive Head

Circa Early 6th Century B.C.

Height 11.4 cm (4 1/2 inches).

Provenance:

Donald McDonald Creveling (1901-1974), Lake Charles, Louisiana (MIT-trained mining engineer who consulted with the Swedish expedition in Cyprus between 1927-1932); thence by descent to his daughter, Mary C. Krombholz (1935-2015), Indian Hills, Ohio.

Everything But The House, Cincinnati, Art, Collectibles, Home Furnishings & More, 30 May 2017, Lot 44.

Private Collection, Kentucky, acquired from the above.

Christie's, New York, Antiquities, 31 October 2018, Lot 42.

Private Collection, New York.

Christie's, New York, The Devoted Classicist: The Private Collection of a New York Antiquarian, 6 October 2022, Lot 41.

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A Cypriot Limestone Votive Head

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