Head of a boy

Head of a boy

Description:

The head is mold-made and solid. The back is mold-made. The head and neck are preserved; the nose is chipped.


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

Period:

Hellenistic

Date:

299 - 100 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From CyprusSaid to be from the temple of Apollo Hylates at Kourion

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. LXII.525, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2289, p. 361, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 392, pp. 232-33, 265, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.1518