Hellenistic

Terracotta head of a youth

The head is mold-made and hollow. The neck is not preserved. He has an ovoid face with a high, broad forehead, rounded cheeks, and ridged eyelids. His short, overlapping locks of hair are grooved. H. 5 in. (12.7 cm)

Date

199 - 100 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1456

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

Said to be from Kythrea, Cyprus

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. LIX.494, 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. 477, p. 39, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1462, pp. 258-59, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Barnes, Lorna and Ellen Salzman. 1998. "Preliminary Investigations of Surface Decoration on a Group of Ancient Terracottas from Cyprus." Glass, Ceramics and Related Materials : ICOM Committee for Conservation Glass, Ceramics, and Related Materials Working Group, & Institute of Arts and Design Department of Conservation Studies, Alice B. Paterakis, ed. p. 80, Vantaa, Finland: EVTEK Institute of Art and Design, Dept. of Conservation Studies.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 437, p. 271, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 337, pp. 201-2, 261, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.