SculptureLevantine2nd millennium BCE

Syrian or Phoenician Male Figure

14th-13th century BCE

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Copper

Culture

Levantine

Period

Bronze Age, Late

Century

2nd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

13.6 x 5 x 1 cm (5 3/8 x 1 15/16 x 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Mrs. Elsa Schmid, New York (by 1955), by descent; to Peter G. Neuman, Palo alto, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums.

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