Archaic II
Male head wearing a helmet
The mold-made head is covered almost to the eyebrows with a helmet. The top of the helmet is bent back and three tassels hang from it. His face is thin and his eyes slope down unrealistically. H. 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Terracotta figurine
- Decoration
- Moulded
- Material
- Clay
- Date
- 600 - 480 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
- Findspot
- Idalion
Collection
Provenance
- From CyprusSaid to be from Idalion
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. XXX.256, 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. 50, p. 5, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1453, p. 257, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Gjerstad, Einar. 1948. The Swedish Cyprus Expedition: The Cypro-Geometric, Cypro-Archaic, and Cypro-Classical Periods, Vol. 4(2). p. 106, Stockholm: The Swedish Cyprus Expedition.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1993. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 3. no. 119, p. 46, pl. XXIX.7, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 67, pp. 43-44, 254, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.1447, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 1453
- Karageorghis 1993, no. 119
- Karageorghis 2016, no. 67
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