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Female Head

Female Head

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.

Classification

Sculpture

Medium

Terracotta, traces of white slip.

Culture

Greek

Period

Hellenistic period

Century

4th-1st century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

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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