Bull's head mask with human characteristics

Bull's head mask with human characteristics

Description:

The mask, which may represent Acheloos, is handmade. It has bulging eyes, a flat muzzle, and a flat projection that emerges from the forehead below a pellet between the horns.


H. 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 480 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1895. The Terracottas and Pottery of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in Halls 4 and 15. no. 690, p. 52, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2074, p. 342, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1993. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 3. mask no. 47, p. 121, pl. LXX.3, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 239, pp. 140, 260, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.1806