Male head
Description: | The hollow, mold-made head has a small hole at the top, probably for venting. H. 5 11/16 in. (14.5 cm) |
Period: | Archaic II |
Date: | 650 - 550 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | From CyprusSaid to be from Nicosia-Ayia Paraskevi |
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. XVII.127, 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. 53, p. 5, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1455, p. 257, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 72, pp. 46, 254, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.1446 |