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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1916.324
Title
Female Head
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, statuette
Date
325-31BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292895

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta, traces of white slip.
Dimensions
3.5 x 3.4 cm (1 3/8 x 1 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edward P. Bliss; bequeathed to Fogg Art Museum, 1916.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Edward P. Bliss
Accession Year
1916
Object Number
1916.324
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Chubby, childish face with inward bent nose and a broad tip. Faint smile, eye lids indicated. Short, thick, curly hair parted and gathered in a small knot, broken off and reattached. Round, unmodeled back, chip missing from left cheek, broken off below chin. Mounted on cork.
Soft, buff colored clay with traces of white slip.

Verification Level

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