Male statuette head wearing a wreath of leaves
Date5th century BCE
Periodearly Classical
Production placeCyprus
Location collected/Excavated atKourion, Cyprus
CultureCypriot
Geography NotesClay suggests that the figure was made at Kourion
MediumTerra cotta (moldmade and handmade, hollow) with white slip
ClassificationCeramics
ProvenanceFound by Luigi Palma di Cesnola (American Consul to Cyprus, 1865–1876); purchased by subscription by the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1874-1876; (sale, the Anderson Galleries, New York), March 30, 1928; purchased by John Ringling; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936-present.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.2025
On View
Not on viewHeight: 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm)
Width: 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm)
Thickness: 3 1/8 in. (8 cm)
Face
Height: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Width (cheek to cheek): 1 15/16 in. (4.96 cm)
Width (ear to ear): 2 9/16 in. (6.57 cm)
Medium Details
Color (Munsell soil color chart)
Fabric: 10R 5/6 (red) to 10R 6/6 (light red) and 10R 5/3 (weak red)
White slip not in Munsell
Inclusions
many sand
late 7th century BCE
6th century BCE
late 4th–3rd century BCE
2nd or 1st century BCE
1450–1050 BCE
1300–1200 BCE
5th century BCE