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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2001.178
Title
Cycladic Head
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, head
Date
2600-2500 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Cyclades
Period
Cycladic period, Early
Culture
Cycladic
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/165241

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3610, University Teaching Gallery
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Marble, hematite
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
11.4 x 6 x 5.1 cm (4 1/2 x 2 3/8 x 2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
This Cycladic head was in the private collection of the donor's mother Alice M. Kaplan who began collecting in 1955. She purchased the head from George Ortiz of Paris who had it in his collection by 1960.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest from the Estate of Alice M. Kaplan
Accession Year
2001
Object Number
2001.178
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This small marble ovoid head and neck have a backward tilt. The sole facial feature is an elongated, triangular nose in relief. Traces of red pigment in the form of closely spaced red dots appear as ornamentation on the forehead and cheeks, and faint traces of pigment are visible also above the nose and in the incised line separating the head from the neck. The head is set on wooden base.

Publication History

  • Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums Annual Report 2001-2002 (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 17-18.

Exhibition History

Subjects and Contexts

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