Terracotta Male Figure

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