Archaic II
Terracotta bull's mask
As the surrounding objects indicate, bulls' masks figured prominently in the rituals of ancient Cyprus. An example like this one would have been dedicated at a sanctuary. H. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
Date
600 - 480 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1807
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
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. LXXV.673, 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. 689, p. 52, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2073, p. 342, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1993. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 3. mask no. 48, p. 121, pl. LXX.4, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 224, pp. 146-47, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 241, pp. 141, 260, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.