Female Head | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1920.44.230
Title: Female Head
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture, statuette
Date: 325-31 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus
Period: Hellenistic period
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/292654

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta, traces of white slip
Dimensions: 3.7 x 2.3 cm (1 7/16 x 7/8 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: 1920.44.230
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Full face with small features. Nose bent slightly at tip. Hair in melon-type coiffure. Broken into several pieces and repaired, broken off at neck. Mounted on a small, square, green stand.
Soft, reddish brown clay; powdery grayish surface; traces of white slip.

Verification Level

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