Hellenistic

Terracotta head of a wreathed youth

The type of the wreathed figure was made in Cyprus from the sixth century B.C. into the Roman period. H. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm)

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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. XXX.251, 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. 626, p. 50, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1471, p. 260, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine. 1983. "Deux têtes en marbre trouvés à Amathonte." Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique, 107(1): p. 296 n. 25.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 435, p. 270, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 334, pp. 199-200, 261, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession no.: 74.51.1454, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues: Myres 1914, no. 1471
Karageorghis 2000, no. 435
Karageorghis 2016, no. 334

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