Terracotta mask in the shape of the head of a fox, dog, or bat

Terracotta mask in the shape of the head of a fox, dog, or bat

Description:

The mask is handmade. It has a flaring, bell-shaped neck and pellet eyes.


H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm) Diameter 4 5 /16'' (11cm)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 480 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2077, p. 342, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.McClees, Helen. 1920. "Greek Votive Offerings." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15(2): p. 38.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1993. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 3. no. 51, p. 122, pl. LXX.7, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 245, pp. 143, 260, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.1761