1916.318: Female Mask
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1916.318
- Title
- Female Mask
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- statuette, sculpture
- Date
- 323-31 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Thebes (Boeotia)
- Period
- Hellenistic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/292947
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta, remains of white slip, traces of paint
- Technique
- Mold-made
- Dimensions
- 8 x 4.8 cm (3 1/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Edward P. Bliss; bequeathed to 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
- 1916.318
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Slender woman's face with small, delicate features. Eyelids and ears are faintly indicated. Hair is combed back and tied up, ends on top of her head where they are gathered in a loose knot. Traces of red on hair and pink on her face. Suspension hole in the knot of hair on the top of her head.
Hard, pale brown clay with orange tone; remains of white slip; traces of iron oxide red.
Verification Level
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