Hellenistic
Terracotta male head wearing a wreath
Head of a votary or deity wearing a wreath. The solid beardless head has a mold-made face; the headdress was added by hand. H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
Date
299 - 200 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1505
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- Said to be from the Salt Lake near Larnaca, 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. LXII.531, 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. 325, p. 30, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2287, p. 361, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 302, pp. 177, 262, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.