SculptureGreek or Etruscan5th-2nd century BCE

Small Female Head

5th-2nd century BCE

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Greek or Etruscan

Period

Classical period to Hellenistic

Century

5th-2nd century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

2.3 x 1.6 x 0.2 cm (7/8 x 5/8 x 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Aimée and Rosamond Lamb, Milton, MA (by 1955), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1955.

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