Classical
Terracotta head of a man wearing a wreath
Another head made in the same mold is now in the Pierides Museum, Larnaka. It was found in a sanctuary at Pomos in northwestern Cyprus. H. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Terracotta sculpture
- Decoration
- Moulded
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 400 - 310 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
Accession No.
74.51.1475
Collection
Provenance
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. XV.117, 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. 267, p. 24, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1469, p. 260, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 368, pp. 232-33, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 268, pp. 155, 261, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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