Head of a comic figurine, Classical Cypriot statue
Head of a comic figurine, Classical Cypriot, c. 499–300 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.1498.Open Access by the MET

Classical

Head of a comic figurine

The head is mold-made and solid; the missing torso was hollow. The back is probably handmade. H. 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

Identifiers

Accession no.
74.51.1498, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues
  • Myres 1914, no. 2361
  • Karageorghis 2016, no. 395

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