1977.216.2207: Male Head
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1977.216.2207
- Title
- Male Head
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture, statuette
- Date
- 323-31 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Asia Minor
- Period
- Hellenistic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/57195
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta, traces of white slip
- Technique
- Mold-made
- Dimensions
- 10.3 x 6.4 cm (4 1/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Fogg Museum Classical Collection
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University
- Accession Year
- 1977
- Object Number
- 1977.216.2207
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Head of a young male with a small mouth, long, straight nose and short, curly hair. Very slender proportions. Traces of red on hair and face. Hollow and extremely light. Clean cut at neck, broken into several pieces and repaired. Visible cracks behind right ear.
Fairly soft, reddish brown clay; traces of white slip; traces of red pigment.
Verification Level
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