1991.639: Female head, possibly of a Ptolemaic Queen
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1991.639
- Title
- Female head, possibly of a Ptolemaic Queen
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture, head
- Date
- late 4th-early 3rd century BCE
- Period
- Hellenistic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/288492
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- White marble with buff skin (or soiling)
- Dimensions
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14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.)
10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Gerhardt Liebmann
- Accession Year
- 1991
- Object Number
- 1991.639
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Marble head completely broken away at back of head. Damage to nose and left eye. Hair parted in the middle. Deep set eyes and full rounded lips. Projecting chin battered.
Verification Level
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