1935.38.4: Grotesque head of a "Slave"
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1935.38.4
- Title
- Grotesque head of a "Slave"
- 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/298076
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Handmade
- Dimensions
- 2.7 cm (1 1/16 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
- 1935.38.4
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Large mouth, thick lips, short, broad nose, small chin and low forehead. Figure has a ribbed cap. Very poor hand modeling. (First and second rows of photo, center).
Hard, light brown clay with very little mica.
Verification Level
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