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Male Head

Head of a young male with a small mouth, long, straight nose and short, curly hair. Very slender proportions. Traces of red on hair and face. Hollow and extremely light. Clean cut at neck, broken into several pieces and repaired. Visible cracks behind right ear. Fairly soft, reddish brown clay; traces of white slip; traces of red pigment.

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics Fogg Museum Classical Collection Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Department of the Classics Harvard University

323-31 BCE 4th-1st century BCE Hellenistic period -323 -31

Greek

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Title: Male Head

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Head of a young male with a small mouth, long, straight nose and short, curly hair.

Very slender proportions.

Traces of red on hair and face.

Hollow and extremely light.

Clean cut at neck, broken into several pieces and repaired.

Visible cracks behind right ear.

Fairly soft, reddish brown clay; traces of white slip; traces of red pigment.

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