Fragment of Winged Male Figure | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1920.44.7
Title: Fragment of Winged Male Figure
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture, statuette
Date: 323-31 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/292538

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta, traces of white slip
Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.7 cm (3 7/8 x 2 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA, and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920.

Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton
Accession Year: 1920
Object Number: 1920.44.7
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Nude male youth with large wings. Feathers on wings indicated. Well modeled torso, indistinct facial features, long wavy hair topped with a polos. (Upper row, far left-hand figure, in photograph)
Hard, pale but orangish-brown clay; traces of white slip.

Verification Level

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