Terracotta head of a woman wearing a stephane - image 1

Classical

Terracotta head of a woman wearing a stephane

The head belongs to a large terracotta statue, which may have been set up as a votive in a sanctuary. Other examples, now in Berlin and Paris, are attributed to the area near Paphos. H. 13 3/4 in. (35 cm)

Date

400 - 310 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1459

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

References

  • Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. no. 1052, p. 66, pl. XV.17, St. Petersburg: L’Académie Impérial des Sciences.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. LVIII.486, 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. 164, p. 15, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1468, p. 260, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Monloup, Thérèse. 1994. Les terres cuites classiques: un sanctuaire de la grande déesse. Salamine de Chypre., Vol. 14. p. 35, n. 115, Paris: Diffusion de Boccard.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 365, p. 231, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 271, pp. 157-58, 261, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.