Female head

Female head

Description:

The head is mold-made and solid. The back is handmade and flattened. The head and part of the neck are preserved.


H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

499 - 400 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From CyprusSaid 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.439, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2193, p. 356, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 410, pp. 241-42, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.1532