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This small head depicts a bearded male. His hair forms a widow’s peak and is rendered in thick locks. The facial features are very strong, with high-arched eyebrows, a bulbous nose, and a frowning mouth. The back of the head is flat and featureless.
2 cm (13/16 in.)
Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.
Black basalt
18th centuryBritishPlaster
Wood
16th centuryFlemishPentelic marble
4th century BCEGreekLuna marble
1st-3rd century CERomanMolded, medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments and gold leaf over white ground
7th-8th centuryChineseWhite jasperware head on blue ground
18th centuryBritishTan stone
IslamicStone
12th-14th centuryPersianPlaster
19th centuryItalianTerracotta
GreekTerracotta