SculptureGreek4th-3rd century BCE
Head of a Female Wearing a Sakkos Headdress
c. 300 BCE
Description
Sakkos and hair over forehead are delicately hand re-touched. There are traces of white slip in the grooves on the left side of the sakkos. There is a modern perforation in the break to hold a mounting pin.
Dimensions
3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.)
Provenance
Purchased from G. Max Bernheimer, Bernheimer Antique Arts, Cambridge, MA. From Stuart Thorne by bequest. ex. coll. Mrs.Thorne who had obtained them in Greece many years before. Mrs. Thorne was closely involved with the American School of Classical Studies in Athens from the 1930's onwards.
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