Musician playing double flutes

Unknown (Cypriot)

Item type:

sculpture

Date of creation:

ca. 525 BCE

Height:

19.1 cm  (7 1/2 in.)

Technique / Medium:

limestone

School:

Late Archaic

Description

Description from museum website:
The figure's nose has been broken away, and there are gashes in the right cheek and on the back of the head. All the surfaces are covered with a crusty brown patina. The break through the waist has been evened off for mounting in modern times.
The half figure, from a small statue, wears an Egyptian headcloth and a long tunic with short sleeves. The musician was doubtless playing at a banquet or at funeral rites, or in the precinct of a temple.

Iconclass

48C75
making music; musician with instrument
48C7525
one person playing wind instrument

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Aulos [4173]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5878