Archaic II

Terracotta mask of a bearded man

The mask is handmade. It has an elongated face with a long pointed beard, a large prominent nose, small bulging eyes, arched ridged eyebrows, small roughly modeled ears, a small mouth, and a pellet in the middle of the forehead. H. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)

Date

600 - 480 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1700

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From Cyprus, said to be from the temple of Apollo Hylates at Kourion

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. XXVI.216, 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. 335, p. 29, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2133, p. 349, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.McClees, Helen. 1920. "Greek Votive Offerings." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15(2): p. 37.McClees, Helen and Christine Alexander. 1933. The Daily Life of the Greeks and Romans: As Illustrated in the Classical Collections, 5th ed. pp. 7, 15, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.McClees, Helen and Christine Alexander. 1941. The Daily Life of the Greeks and Romans: As Illustrated in the Classical Collections, 6th ed. pp. 7, 15, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Picard, Charles. 1967. "Sacra Punica: Etude sur les masques et raisons de Carthage." Karthago, 13. p. 44, fig. 44, pl. XIII.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1993. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 3. mask no. 15, p. 112, pl. LXV.4, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 222, pp. 146-47, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 235, pp. 138, 260, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.