SculptureEgyptian7th-6th century BCE

Head of a Youth

664-525 BCE

Description

Faience or painted plaster head of a youth wearing a heavily plaited wig. Head is broken off at neck. All facial features indicated, with left eye badly damaged. Face is broad and plump, chin is squared-off.

Classification

Sculpture

Medium

Faience

Culture

Egyptian

Period

Late Period, Dynasty 26

Century

7th-6th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

5.08 x 4.45 cm (2 x 1 3/4 in.)

Provenance

From the collection of William A. Koshland

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