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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1935.38.6
Title
Grotesque Head of an "Orator"
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, statuette
Date
323-150 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Smyrna (Ionia)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292079

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Handmade
Dimensions
3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Royal Museum of Art and History, Brussels; gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1935.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels
Accession Year
1935
Object Number
1935.38.6
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Figure has strong, marked brow wrinkle, arched eyebrows and wide open, deep set eyes. Flattened nose and an open mouth framed by two deep wrinkles. Angry expression. Hair line marked and a small trace of red seen on chin. Left side of skull is slightly chipped. (Lower rows of photo, third from left).
Hard, reddish brown clay with very little mica and traces of red pigment.

Exhibition History

  • Coroplast's Art (The): Greek Terracottas of the Hellenistic World, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, 09/22/1990 - 12/31/1990; College Art Gallery, S.U.N.Y. College at New Paltz, New Paltz, 02/02/1991 - 03/15/1991; Harvard Art Museum Archives, 05/26/1991 - 07/28/1991

Verification Level

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