Bull's head mask - image 1

Archaic II

Bull's head mask

The mask is mold-made. It has short horns, impressed circles for nostrils, small oblique eyes with a groove around them, and a deep groove for the open mouth. H. 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)

Date

600 - 480 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1791

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From CyprusSaid to be from a tomb at Alambra

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. XIV.109, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2071, p. 342, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1993. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 3. mask no. 50, p. 121, pl. LXX.6, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 240, pp. 140, 260, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.