Fragment of a terracotta head, Classical Cypriot statue — Fragment of a terracotta head, Classical Cypriot, c. 399–300 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.1469.Open Access by the MET

Classical

Fragment of a terracotta head

This impressive head of a youth was made fully in the round. H. 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)

Classification

Object type: Terracotta figurine
Material: Clay
Period: Iron AgeCypro-ClassicalCypro-Classical II
Date: 399 - 300 BC
Place of production: Cyprus

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Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From Cyprus

References

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1877. Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples. A Narrative of Researches and Excavations During Ten Years' Residence in That Island. p. 60, London: John Murray.Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1895. The Terracottas and Pottery of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in Halls 4 and 15. no. 545, p. 44, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1461, p. 258, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 270, pp. 157, 261, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Identifiers

Accession no.: 74.51.1469, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues: Myres 1914, no. 1461
Karageorghis 2016, no. 270

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