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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.
Bronze
Unidentified centuryUnidentified cultureTerracotta
4th-2nd century BCEEtruscanTerracotta
4th-1st century BCEGreekLow-grade crystalline marble, perhaps from western Asia Minor
4th century BCEGreekTerracotta
9th-8th century BCECypriot?Red porphyry (head) and white marble (garment)
17th centuryItalianCrystalline marble from Asia Minor
1st millennium BCE-1st millenium CERomanLeaded bronze
1st century CEGraeco-RomanCast bronze; style of Angkor Thom
12th-13th centuryKhmerTerracotta
4th century BCEGreekPlaster
19th centuryItalian