Tools Services Portfolio About Contact

Tools Services Portfolio About Contact

Made with by Lê Trực 0983470827 © 2025 KenAI.vn

Female Terracotta Head | Harvard Art Museums | KenAI

Harvard Art Museums
Artworks
Female Terracotta Head

Female Terracotta Head

SculptureHellenistic or Early Roman3rd-1st century BCE

Female Terracotta Head

3rd-1st century BCE

Description

This terracotta woman's head once belonged to a full-length figurine. The hair is pulled back in a bun high on the head; parts and sections are visible in the hairstyle, and snail-like curls, or perhaps a diadem with attached decorations, frame the face. The face is molded, with eyelids, nose, and mouth visible. The head is broken at the neck. Traces of white slip and bown paint are visible on face and hair, respectively.

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Molded

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Hellenistic or Early Roman

Period

Hellenistic period

Century

3rd-1st century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

4.61 x 2.82 cm (1 13/16 x 1 1/8 in.)

Provenance

The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (before 1970-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

Related Artworks

Peasant man with head back

Peasant man with head back

Unknown Artist, 19th century

19th centuryItalian

Declaration of Independence (1776 Series) two of three

Declaration of Independence (1776 Series) two of three

R.K. Cook, August 12, 1926

Carved and painted wood

20th centuryAmerican

Water Spout in the form of the head of a Black African

Water Spout in the form of the head of a Black African

Unknown Artist, 1st century BCE-1st century CE

Leaded bronze

1st century BCE-1st century CEEgyptian

Lamaist Votive Plaque with Eight-armed, Many-headed Bodhisattva Holding Objects

Lamaist Votive Plaque with Eight-armed, Many-headed Bodhisattva Holding Objects

Unknown Artist, 18th-19th century

Molded earthenware with traces of polychromy

18th-19th centuryTibetan

Small fragment from 'Standing Angel'

Small fragment from 'Standing Angel'

Unidentified Artist, 14th century

Limestone, micrite

14th centuryFrench

The Hula-Hoop Girls

The Hula-Hoop Girls

Ursula Foerster, 1959

Bronze

20th centuryGerman

Female Court Musician Holding Cymbals, from the tomb sculpture set: Four Kneeling, Female Court Musicians (One with a 'Pipa', or Lute, and One with Cymbals), Each of the Four with a High-Waisted, Striped Dress or Skirt and with Long Hair Arranged in Two Buns

Female Court Musician Holding Cymbals, from the tomb sculpture set: Four Kneeling, Female Court Musicians (One with a 'Pipa', or Lute, and One with Cymbals), Each of the Four with a High-Waisted, Striped Dress or Skirt and with Long Hair Arranged in Two Buns

Unknown Artist, 7th century

Molded, white earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments

7th centuryChinese

Maquette for "Sun Gate" and "Pulse of Morning"

Maquette for "Sun Gate" and "Pulse of Morning"

Murray Dewart, 2005

Bronze

21st centuryAmerican

Replica of Mask of a Dying Soldier, Berlin Arsenal (c. 1700)

Replica of Mask of a Dying Soldier, Berlin Arsenal (c. 1700)

Unidentified Maker, Copy of 17th century original.

Plaster

20th centuryGerman

Saint Peter

Buen Retiro Factory, 1775-1803

Soft-paste porcelain

18th-19th centurySpanish

Leaf Garden from "Materials Lab"

Leaf Garden from "Materials Lab"

Fernanda Fragateiro, 2015

Wood box containing various archival materials

21st centuryPortuguese

Venus Caressing Cupid, after Appiani

Venus Caressing Cupid, after Appiani

Giovanni Beltrami, 1820 - 1835

Plaster

19th centuryItalian