Female protome-mask - image 1

Archaic II

Female protome-mask

The protome-mask has a mold-made face. The flat neck and upper chest are handmade. There is a perforation behind each ear and another at the top near the edge. H. 4 in. (10.2 cm)

Date

600 - 480 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1477

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From CyprusSaid to be from the temple of Apollo Hylates at Kourion

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.211, 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. 333, p. 29, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2137, p. 349, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 237, pp. 139, 260, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.