2002.60.12: Small Grotesque Head
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2002.60.12
- Title
- Small Grotesque Head
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Date
- 2nd century BCE-1st century CE
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Late, to Early Roman Imperial
- Culture
- Graeco-Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/148258
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 2.4 x 3.2 cm (1 x 15/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of W.C. Burriss Young
- Accession Year
- 2002
- Object Number
- 2002.60.12
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Solid mold-made head of a grostesque male figure with large hooked nose, rounded protrusion at back of head, and prominent ears. Shiny, brown surface.
Verification Level
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