Archaic I
Terracotta mask
The mask is mold-made. The right ear is missing. It has a small ovoid face. The beard is exaggeratedly long and is neatly separated from the face. It is divided by vertical grooves into bands filled with parallel chevrons that terminate in large curls. H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Date
650 - 600 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1478
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
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.215, 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. 401, p. 33, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2136, p. 349, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Wooden, Howard E. 1977. 5000 Years of Art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Inaugural Exhibition of the New Wichita Art Museum no. 16, p. 25, Wichita, KS: Wichita Art Museum.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1993. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 3. no. 19, p. 113, pl. LXVI.2, 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. 223, 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. 236, pp. 138-39, 260, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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