Archaic II
Terracotta head of a woman
Traces of black paint survive on one of the locks of hair. H. 8 1/16 in. (20.5 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Terracotta figurine
- Decoration
- Painted
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 599 - 500 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Accession No.
35.11.20
Collection
Provenance
References
- Richter, Gisela M. A. 1936. "An Early Terracotta Head." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 31(11): pp. 235-37.Picard, Charles. 1937. "Bulletin Archeologique: Attique. Review of R.J.H. Jenkins, Dedalica." Révue des Études Grecques, 50: pp. 111, 159.Alexander, Christine. 1939. Early Greek Art: A Picture Book. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1953. Handbook of the Greek Collection. pp. 29, 187, pl. 27a, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.von Bothmer, Dietrich. 1978. Antichnoe iskusstvo iz muzeia Metropoliten, Soedinennye Shtaty Ameriki: Katalog vystavki. no. 77, Moscow: Sovetskii Khudozhnik.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 76, pp. 48, 254, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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