1999.255: Syrian or Phoenician Male Figure

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1999.255

Title

Syrian or Phoenician Male Figure

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

sculpture, statuette

Date

14th-13th century BCE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Syria or Phoenicia

Period

Bronze Age, Late

Culture

Levantine

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/191245

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Copper

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Dimensions

13.6 x 5 x 1 cm (5 3/8 x 1 15/16 x 3/8 in.)

Technical Details

Chemical Composition: ICP-MS/AAA data from sample, Copper:
Cu, 97.53; Sn, 0.42; Pb, 0.08; Zn, 0.002; Fe, 0.01; Ni, 0.19; Ag, 0.04; Sb, 0.5; As, 1.22; Bi, less than 0.025; Co, less than 0.005; Au, less than 0.01; Cd, less than 0.001
J. Riederer

Technical Observations: The patina is grayish green; it is somewhat mineralized and features brown burial deposits. The object is very porous and pitted. The head and neck are more solid, while losses have occurred near the feet. The figure is a solid cast. The hair curls were made from sheet metal.


Carol Snow (submitted 2002)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Mrs. Elsa Schmid, New York (by 1955), by descent; to Peter G. Neuman, Palo alto, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Peter G. Neumann

Accession Year

1999

Object Number

1999.255

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Subjects and Contexts

• Ancient Bronzes

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