SculptureGreek4th-2nd century BCE
Grotesque Head of a "Slave"
323-150 BCE
Description
Non-Greek style figure with a long, thin face, egg-shaped skull, high, receding forehead, arched eyebrows, narrowed eyes and a long nose with two bumps. Curling upper lip touches nose, protruding lower lip droops on pointed chin. No trace of color. Left ear chipped. (Lower rows of photo, far right). Hard, reddish brown clay with very little mica.
Dimensions
3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)
Provenance
Royal Museum of Art and History, Brussels; gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1935.
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