Sculpture

MS3468

From: Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS3468
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi
Period Late Republican Roman Period
Date Made 125 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Marble (Stone)
Technique Carved
Iconography Female Head
Description

Grayish white marble, gritty surface, badly weathered. Missing: left side of face from middle of nose to ear. Frontal pose. Hair in a roll framing face, rising to a peak above center forehead, brush back face.

Height 12 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase; subscription of Mrs. Lucy Wharton (Joseph) Drexel, 1897

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