Female Mask
323-31 BCE
Description
Slender woman's face with small, delicate features. Eyelids and ears are faintly indicated. Hair is combed back and tied up, ends on top of her head where they are gathered in a loose knot. Traces of red on hair and pink on her face. Suspension hole in the knot of hair on the top of her head. Hard, pale brown clay with orange tone; remains of white slip; traces of iron oxide red.
Dimensions
8 x 4.8 cm (3 1/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
Provenance
Edward P. Bliss; bequeathed to Fogg Art Museum, 1916.
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