Terracotta Male Figure
Description: | Head and upper body of terracotta male figure wearing a turban; traces of red and black paint remaining; large ears and almond-shaped eyes, prominent nose (mostly missing) and slight lips; long beard with rounded end and eyebrows decorated with incised chevrons and painted black; his hair falls along the back of the neck behind the turban; plain, undecorated back with an air-hole; lower part of his torse is repaired; currently mounted on a modern stone base. Dimensions: Height: 15 centimetres max Object Type: figure Techniques: painted; incised; handmade |
Period: | Archaic II |
Date: | 600 - 550 BC |
Collection: | British Museum |
Provenance: | Idalion |
Accession Number: | 1873,0320.174 |