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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.516
Title
Female Head
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
5th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Northern Greece
Period
Classical period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/290836

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta; red clay with white slip and buff paint
Technique
Mold-made
Dimensions
7.1 cm (2 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
From Olynthus

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.516
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Wavy hair with flat hat. Head broken off below the chin.

Publication History

  • Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 34, no. 281

Verification Level

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