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Female Head (Demeter?)

Female Head (Demeter?)

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.

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Mold-made

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek

Period

Hellenistic period

Century

4th-1st century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

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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