1916.332: Male Head
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1916.332
- Title
- Male Head
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture, statuette
- Date
- late 5th-early 4th century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Boeotia
- Period
- Classical period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/292899
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta, remains of white slip, traces of paint
- Technique
- Mold-made
- Dimensions
- 5.9 x 4.6 cm (2 5/16 x 1 13/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Edward P. Bliss; bequeathed to Fogg Museum in 1916.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Edward P. Bliss
- Accession Year
- 1916
- Object Number
- 1916.332
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Square full face with small, clearly indicated features. Large quantity of hair framing face.
Back plain. Head made in two molds. Broken off below neck. Broken into numerous pieces and repaired.
Pale brown clay; powdery surface; remnants of white slip and iron oxide red on face and hair
Verification Level
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