Terracotta head of a boy
Description: | The head is mold-made and hollow. He has an ovoid face, ridged eyelids, fleshy lips, and short hair. H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm) |
Period: | Hellenistic |
Date: | 299 - 275 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | From CyprusSaid to be from the temple of Apollo Hylates at Kourion |
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. LXIII.549, 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. 313, p. 27, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1465, p. 259, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 339, pp. 202-3, 261, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.1448 |