Male figurine head with full beard wearing a helmet and chin strap
Datelate 4th–3rd century BCE
Periodlate Classical to early Hellenistic
CultureCypriot
MediumTerra cotta (moldmade and handmade) 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), April 20, 1928; purchased by John Ringling; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936-present.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.2030
On View
Not on viewHeight: 3 1/16 in. (7.76 cm)
Width: 1 3/4 in. (4.49 cm)
Thickness: 1 9/16 in. (3.89 cm)
Mount pin hole
Diameter: 3/16 in. (0.41 cm)
Face
Height (top of hair to below chin): 1 13/16 in. (4.68 cm)
Width: 1 1/4 in. (3.12 cm)
Medium Details
Color (Munsell soil color chart)
Fabric: 2.5 YR 5/4 (reddish brown) to 2.5YR 5/3 (reddish brown) and 2.5YR 5/6 (red); core 2.5YR 5/6 (red)
White slip not in Munsell
Inclusions
many sand
5th century BCE
2nd or 1st century BCE
late 7th century BCE
6th century BCE
1950–1650 BCE