SculptureGreek4th-1st century BCE
Female Head
325-31BCE
Description
Chubby, childish face with inward bent nose and a broad tip. Faint smile, eye lids indicated. Short, thick, curly hair parted and gathered in a small knot, broken off and reattached. Round, unmodeled back, chip missing from left cheek, broken off below chin. Mounted on cork. Soft, buff colored clay with traces of white slip.
Dimensions
3.5 x 3.4 cm (1 3/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
Provenance
Edward P. Bliss; bequeathed to Fogg Art Museum, 1916.
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