1916.319: Head of Offering Bearer
Sculpture
This object does not yet have a description.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1916.319
- Title
- Head of Offering Bearer
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture, statuette
- Date
- 400-300 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Boeotia
- Period
- Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/292885
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta, traces of white slip
- Technique
- Mold-made
- Dimensions
- 7.3 x 6.3 cm (2 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Edward P. Bliss; bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum, 1916.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Edward P. Bliss
- Accession Year
- 1916
- Object Number
- 1916.319
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Small, round, somewhat clearly modeled face. Two plain bands in hair clearly defined. Dip in the right side of polos.
Hard, pale brown clay; powdery surface; traces of white slip and red pigment.
Verification Level
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