Terracotta head of a woman with a veil - image 1

Classical

Terracotta head of a woman with a veil

One of several heads found on Cyprus made from the same mold, which had probably been imported from mainland Greece. They may belong to statuettes representing a veiled goddess seated on a throne. H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)

Date

400 - 310 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1482

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • Said to be from Kition or the Salt Lake near Larnaca, 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. LIV.453, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2230, p. 358, 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. 366, p. 232, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 272, pp. 159, 261, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.