35.1908: Head of Warrior (Mars?)
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 35.1908
- Title
- Head of Warrior (Mars?)
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- statuette, sculpture
- Date
- 300-200 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Smyrna (Ionia)
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/293426
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta, traces of paint
- Technique
- Mold-made
- Dimensions
- 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Misses Katherine B. and Mary D. Upham; loan to Fogg Art Museum, 1908.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from Estate of Donald Upham and Mrs. R. U. Hunter
- Object Number
- 35.1908
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Warrior wearing an elaborate helmet with a large plume-crest and long cheek pieces. Surface ornament of helmet imitates embossed metal with a palmette in front and two vegetable scrolls on either side. Helmet workmanship is careless. Brow ridge and eyelids are indicated. Front portion of face is reattached, crack around repair remains.
Hard, reddish brown clay with traces of mica and gold pigment.
Verification Level
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