Dionysos mask - image 1

Hellenistic

Dionysos mask

The backless head is mold-made. The center front of the headdress is broken away. The top is pierced with one hole for suspension. The broad face is expressionless. H. 5 in. (12.7 cm)

Date

199 - 100 BC

Accession No.

74.51.1758

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From CyprusSaid 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. LIX.491, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2345, p. 362, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 344, pp. 205-6, 263, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.