Male head wearing a helmet - image 1

Archaic II

Male head wearing a helmet

The head is handmade and hollow. He has a long, hooked and pointed nose, a prominent beard and prominently ridged eyebrows. He wears a high conical headdress with a pointed top. H. 5 13/16 in. (14.8 cm)

Date

625 - 575 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1702

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From CyprusSaid to be from the temple of Artemis Paralia at Kition, 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. XVI.119, 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. 402, p. 34, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2104, p. 345, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 62, pp. 41, 254, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.