Head of a comic figurine - image 1

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. H. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)

Date

399 - 200 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1500

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.612, 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. 514, p. 42, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2337, 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. 398, p. 235, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.