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Bust of a Goddess
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Figure wears a high cylindrical Polos ( 3.1 cm) over long flowing hair. It has a triangular face, prominent nose, and was impressed from a worn mold. The head is hollow running from a hole in the top of the polos. The back of the body is oval, pressed by hand into the mold. Probably from a seated figure.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Nelson Goodman Weston MA Collector.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Nelson Goodman
Title: Bust of a Goddess
Description:
Figure wears a high cylindrical Polos ( 3.
1 cm) over long flowing hair.
It has a triangular face, prominent nose, and was impressed from a worn mold.
The head is hollow running from a hole in the top of the polos.
The back of the body is oval, pressed by hand into the mold.
Probably from a seated figure.
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