Hellenistic

Head of a comic figurine

The head is mold-made and solid. The back is handmade and roughly finished. The masked head and a small part of the neck are preserved. The mask is very similar to that of inv. no. 74.51.1500, although it is not from the same mold. H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)

Date

330 - 200 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1501

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From CyprusSaid to be from the temple of Artemis Paralia at Kition, Cyprus

References

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1894. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 2. pl. LXVII.611, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1895. The Terracottas and Pottery of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in Halls 4 and 15. no. 373, p. 31, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2338, p. 362, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 399, pp. 235-36, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.