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Head of the Gorgon Medusa from a Funerary Vessel

Depiction of the head of the Gorgon Medusa in relief. Curling and waving hair frames a rounded, symmetrical face, which is frontal to the viewer. At the cheeks, snake heads emerge from Medusa's hair. White slip covers the surface, and traces of pigment are visible in the lips. From an applique on an Canosan funerary vessel, likely an askos. Mended from three fragments.

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics Louis-Joseph-Raphaël Collin [1] Paris (by 1890-1911) sold; to William A. Clark [2] New York (by 1911-1925) bequest; to Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington D.C. (1926-2018) [3] transferred; to American University Museum Washington D.C. (2018-2021) sold; [through Sands of Time Washington D.C.]; to Harvard Art Museums 2022. 1. Louis-Joseph-Raphaël Collin (1850-1916) 2. William Andrews Clark (1839-1925) 3. Following the closure of the Corcoran Gallery in 2014 its collections were physically transferred to the National Gallery of Art (Washington D.C.); the Corcoran Board of Trustees retained ownership until the collections were officially transferred to and accessioned into other museums’ collections (in 2018 in this case). Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Kelekian Fund

3rd century BCE Hellenistic period Early -3

South Italian

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Title: Head of the Gorgon Medusa from a Funerary Vessel

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Depiction of the head of the Gorgon Medusa in relief.

Curling and waving hair frames a rounded, symmetrical face, which is frontal to the viewer.

At the cheeks, snake heads emerge from Medusa's hair.

White slip covers the surface, and traces of pigment are visible in the lips.

From an applique on an Canosan funerary vessel, likely an askos.

Mended from three fragments.

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