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
Period: Iron AgeCypro-ClassicalCypro-Classical II
Date: 400 - 310 BC
Place of production: probablyCyprus

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Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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.

Identifiers

Accession no.: 74.51.1475, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues: Myres 1914, no. 1469
Karageorghis 2000, no. 368
Karageorghis 2016, no. 268

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