Male head
Description: | The solid bearded head is probably from a horseman. The face is mold-made, the headdress added by hand. H. 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm) |
Period: | Classical |
Date: | 499 - 300 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | From Cyprus |
References: | Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1895. The Terracottas and Pottery of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in Halls 4 and 15. no. 495, p. 40, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2269, p. 360, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 298, pp. 175, 262, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.1486 |