SculptureGreek4th-1st century BCE
Veiled Female Head
323-31BCE
Description
Female head covered by peplos gathered in folds over forehead and wound across lower right side of face covering mouth. Only eyes and nose are visible. Flat back, broken off unevenly at neck. Hard, pink clay with gray powdery surface.
Dimensions
3.7 x 2.5 cm (1 7/16 x 1 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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