SculptureGreek4th-1st century BCE
Female Head (Demeter?)
323-31 BCE
Description
Female head, possibly of Demeter, with hair combed into rolls that frame her face. Peplos hangs from a high calathus. One earring is visible, most features are indistinct. Back is unmodeled and there is an indentation behind the polos. Hollow, broken off unevenly at neck. (Upper row, 2nd from right in photograph) Soft, red clay with gray surface.
Dimensions
6.3 x 4.7 cm (2 1/2 x 1 7/8 in.)
Provenance
Edward P. Bliss; bequeathed to Fogg Art Museum, 1916.
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