Sculpture

MS5461

From: Greece | Attica | Athens (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5461
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Greek
Provenience Greece | Attica | Athens (uncertain)
Date Made 399-300 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Marble (Stone)
Technique Carved
Iconography Male Torso
Description

White marble. Torso of a boy, small bits of upper arms remain. Striated cuttig for attachment of seperate head. Upper parts of legs preserved. In top of proper left shoulder is a rectangular cutting with a bronze and an iron insert. In the thickness of same shoulder is a circular hole. From armpit of same shoulder to thigh are a series of six circular holes of various sizes. In neck cutting are two vertical holes, in center. Below neck on line of spine is a rectangular cutting.

Height 53 cm
Width 37 cm
Credit Line Purchased from H. Kevorkian, 1916

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