Elaborate Headdress of Statuette

SculptureGreek4th century BCE

Elaborate Headdress of Statuette

400-300 BCE

Description

Elaborate hair radiating outward in small, snake-like locks. Three loops hanging from braided wreath. Traces of red on hair, blue on wreath. Back unmodelled, made in two molds. (Upper row, 2nd from right, in photograph) Hard, reddish brown clay; powdery surface; remains of white slip and Egyptian blue.

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Mold-made

Medium

Terracotta, remains of white slip, traces of paint

Culture

Greek

Period

Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic

Century

4th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

5.9 x 7.1 cm (2 5/16 x 2 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

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