33.1908: Head of Dionysus
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 33.1908
- Title
- Head of Dionysus
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture, statuette
- Date
- 300-200 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Smyrna (Ionia)
- Period
- Hellenistic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/293489
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta, traces of paint
- Technique
- Mold-made
- Dimensions
- with base: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Misses Katherine B. and Mary D. Upham; loan to Fogg Art Museum, 1908.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from Estate of Donald Upham and Mrs. R. U. Hunter
- Object Number
- 33.1908
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Effeminate head, possibly of Dionysus. Voluminous curls piled high and framing the face with two bunches of grapes in either side. Long curl falls on either side of the neck. Broad nose, indicated eyelids and a sorrowful expression. Traces of gilding. Broken off at neck, chips missing from back of the head.
Hard, brownish red clay with traces of mica and gold pigment.
Verification Level
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