2002.60.35: Small Head of a Monkey or Lion
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2002.60.35
- Title
- Small Head of a Monkey or Lion
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Date
- 3rd-1st century BCE
- Culture
- Hellenistic
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/148451
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta, mold made
- Dimensions
- 3.2 x 3.4 x 3.5 cm (1 1/4 x 1 5/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of W.C. Burriss Young
- Accession Year
- 2002
- Object Number
- 2002.60.35
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Head of monkey or lion with broad nose and prominent eyes and short, diagonally projecting ears. Brownish red clay with tan slip. Appears to have been made from a worn mold, possibly part of a seated or reclining statuette. Hellenistic?
Verification Level
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