Terracotta head of a bull
Description: | The head is exceptional for its size and careful articulation. Whether it served as a mask or a dedication, it stands in a Late Bronze Age tradition attested at Enkomi and Kition of bulls' skulls worn as masks. H. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm) |
Period: | Archaic II |
Date: | 550 - 450 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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References: | Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. no. 1052, p. 66, pl. XV.17, St. Petersburg: L’Académie Impérial des Sciences.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. LVIII.486, 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. 610, p. 49, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1476, p. 260, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Monloup, Thérèse. 1994. Les terres cuites classiques: un sanctuaire de la grande déesse. Salamine de Chypre., Vol. 14. p. 35, n. 115, Paris: Diffusion de Boccard.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 365, p. 231, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 271, pp. 142-43, 260, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.1470 |