1992.17: Head of a Female Figure with Polos Type Headdress
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1992.17
- Title
- Head of a Female Figure with Polos Type Headdress
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture, head
- Date
- 5th century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
- Period
- Classical period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/289024
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta with traces of white pigment in hair
- Technique
- Mold-made
- Dimensions
- H. 4.7 cm (1 7/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Purchased from G. Max Bernheimer, Bernheimer Antique Arts, Cambridge, MA.
From Stuart Thorne by bequest.
ex. coll. Mrs.Thorne who had obtained them in Greece many years before.
Mrs. Thorne was closely involved with the American School of Classical Studies in Athens from the 1930's onwards.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Marian H. Phinney Fund
- Accession Year
- 1992
- Object Number
- 1992.17
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Hollow backed head of female figure with locks radiating from central point over forehead. Large sharply defined oval eyes. Right eye slants downward toward right side of face assymetrically. Prominent pursed lips placed high up under prominent nose. Two ink letters W E on concave back of figure.
- Commentary
- The color of the clay and use of white slip suggests that this may be an Athenian product. The polos indicates that a goddess is represented -- perhaps Hera or Demeter. This could be either from a standing or seated statuette.
Verification Level
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