SculptureGreek4th-1st century BCE
Head of Demeter
323-31 BCE
Description
Long oval face with delicate but faint features. Long hair frames face. Turreted calathus on head. Hollow, unmodeled back and open at top. Broken off at neck. Mold-made. (Upper row, 3rd from right in image.) Brilliant red clay; traces of blue pigment.
Dimensions
6.6 x 3.9 cm (2 5/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Provenance
Edward P. Bliss; bequeathed to Fogg Art Museum, 1916.
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