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Double Pipe Player

Statuette of a youth playing double-pipes.

Flute-player; a youth, standing with bare feet on a plinth, holds the double flutes to his lips. He wears a round wig and a long splayed chiton. The mouth-bands are indicated by two stripes of red paint. The wig is black; along the sides and bottom of the chiton is a red border, which is doubled on the shoulders. The back is sawn flat. The work is hasty; the right elbow is injured.

 

Painted limestone, made in Cyprus (?), 600-570 BC

From Kamiros, Rhodes

London, The British Museum

 

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Uploaded on September 28, 2012
Taken on July 4, 2012