Small Marble Head of a Female | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2003.100.19
Title: Small Marble Head of a Female
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture
Date: c. 4th century CE or modern
Culture: Roman
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/92095

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Stone, fine grained marble
Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 6.5 cm (3 3/8 x 2 3/16 x 2 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Ex collection Professor Mason HAmmond, Pope Professor of Latin Language and Literature, Departments of the Classics and of History, Harvard University

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the daughters of Florence and Mason Hammond
Accession Year: 2003
Object Number: 2003.100.19
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Either very provincial Roman work or modern. Crudely carved female head with broad forehead, exaggerated cheek bones and flat chin. The lower lip projects and the open mouth is drilled. There is an assymetrical nose with right nostril larger than the left. The eyes are featureless, with oval raised areas under angular brows. Ears are featureless tabs projecting from hair locks swept back from cheeks. The hairdo rises symetrically from forehead, on either side of central part. The top and back of head are featureless.

Verification Level

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