Votive Head of a Youth
4th-3rd century BCE
Description
Hollow terracotta votive head and neck of a youth. The head is frontal, showing a young man or child with short hair. The brow, eyes, nose, ears, mouth and chin are modeled naturalistically. A mantle covers the top and back of the head. The head is in good condition, with some chips around the edge of the mantle, a chipped chin, broken nose, and gouge on the right side of the face.
Dimensions
11 x 9 x 7.4 cm (4 5/16 x 3 9/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Provenance
The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (before 1970-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.
Related Artworks
View MoreWood
17th centuryGermanClay, unfired
Central AsianRed stoneware ("Rosso Antico") with black stoneware relief
18th centuryBritishMixed copper alloy
1st-2nd century CERomanTerracotta
19th centuryFrenchTerracotta
GreekTerracotta
6th century BCEGreekMolded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments and gold leaf over white ground
7th-8th centuryChineseTerracotta
Plaster
19th centuryItalianelectric circuits, electric meter and switch, potatoes, ink, paper, paint and wood
20th centuryArgentinian