Sculpture
Object Number:
MS5439
Current Location:
Collections storage
Culture:
Greek
Provenience:
Mediterranean
Date Made:
400 - 300 BC
Early Date:
-400
Late Date:
-300
Section:
Mediterranean
Materials:
Marble (Stone)
Technique:
Carved
Iconography:
Female Head
Description:
Marble female head. Front part of head including face to below chin and part of hair framing face above and on the sides; hair preserved except above the proper right eye; nose broken away. Frontal face. Marble white at break, patinated yellow on broken back surface, medium gray on front.
Height:
12cm
Width:
9.5cm
Bibliography:
[Catalogue] Romano, Irene B. 2006. Classical Sculpture; Catalogue of the Cypriot, Greek and Roman Stone Sculpture in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: 65:40
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