Archaic I
Male face
Male face head of a medium -sized male statue.Partly formed and revised in a model, hollow.The man may have worn a turban on his head that is lost today.Big eyes with added ridges as eyelids, partially dropped away.Big nose, wide mouth with a smiling expression.Short, but outstanding chin.Large ears with double -looped earrings.Short hair curls on both sides of the neck.No traces of painting.Bernhard-Walcher and others, the Cypricer Antique Collection in the KHM.Collection catalogs of the KHM Vol. 2, Vienna 1999 (V. Karageghis) H. 12,5 cm
Classification
- Object type
- Terracotta figurine
- Decoration
- Moulded
- Material
- Clay
- Period
- probablyIron AgeCypro-Archaic
- Date
- 650 - 600 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Accession No.
Antikensammlung, V 1275
Collection
Provenance
- Hoffmann, Henry, Art Trade Paris;1876 purchase
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