Late Bronze Age III

Terracotta male head

The facial features and flat upper skull of this large head and the nearby female statuettes are characteristic of Mycenaean figural art. H. 4 15/16 in. (12.2 cm)

Date

1200 - 1050 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1471

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

Said to be from Idalion

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. XXX.255, 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. 51, p. 5, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1451, p. 255, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1993. The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 2. no. L12, p. 32, pl. XIX.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. 17, p. 26, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 18, pp. 25, 252, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.