1998.15.9: Female Head
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1998.15.9
- Title
- Female Head
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- head, sculpture
- Date
- 300 B.C.
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Corinthia
- Period
- Hellenistic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/212063
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Dimensions
- 5.6 cm h x 3.8 cm w (2 3/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- From the collection of William A. Koshland
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of William A. Koshland
- Accession Year
- 1998
- Object Number
- 1998.15.9
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Head displaying an elaborate coif of hair that is pulled back from the face in intricate coils and is gathered to a point at the top back of head (partly broken). Both ears wear disk shaped earrings. Neck is sensitively rendered with two, horizontal creases indicating folds of skin. Facial features sensitively rendered.
Exhibition History
- Hellenistic Art: Objects from an Expanded World, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/03/2006 - 07/29/2007
Verification Level
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