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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2003.100.19
Title
Small Marble Head of a Female
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
c. 4th century CE or modern
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/92095

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Stone, fine grained marble
Dimensions
8.5 x 5.5 x 6.5 cm (3 3/8 x 2 3/16 x 2 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Ex collection Professor Mason HAmmond, Pope Professor of Latin Language and Literature, Departments of the Classics and of History, Harvard University

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the daughters of Florence and Mason Hammond
Accession Year
2003
Object Number
2003.100.19
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Either very provincial Roman work or modern. Crudely carved female head with broad forehead, exaggerated cheek bones and flat chin. The lower lip projects and the open mouth is drilled. There is an assymetrical nose with right nostril larger than the left. The eyes are featureless, with oval raised areas under angular brows. Ears are featureless tabs projecting from hair locks swept back from cheeks. The hairdo rises symetrically from forehead, on either side of central part. The top and back of head are featureless.

Verification Level

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