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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1935.38.7
Title
Grotesque Head of a "Slave"
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
statuette, sculpture
Date
323-150 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Smyrna (Ionia)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298446

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Handmade
Dimensions
3.5 cm (1 3/8 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
1935.38.7
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Non-Greek style figure with a long, thin face, egg-shaped skull, high, receding forehead, arched eyebrows, narrowed eyes and a long nose with two bumps. Curling upper lip touches nose, protruding lower lip droops on pointed chin. No trace of color. Left ear chipped. (Lower rows of photo, far right).
Hard, reddish brown clay with very little mica.

Verification Level

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