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Source Description
This figure is from a type of vase that occasionally took the form of a female head. South Italian artists frequently applied separately molded figurines to pottery and depicted faces with heavy jaws and prominently lidded eyes.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
37784
label
Female Figurine from a Vessel
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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37784
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object
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normalized
title
Female Figurine from a Vessel
description
This figure is from a type of vase that occasionally took the form of a female head. South Italian artists frequently applied separately molded figurines to pottery and depicted faces with heavy jaws and prominently lidded eyes.
provenance
Dr. Frederick G. Stern, Potomac, MD, by 1984, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1985, by gift.
date
3rd century BCE (Hellenistic)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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Ceramics
vessels
figurines
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7
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7
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
45.5
height
15
depth
15
dimensionsRaw
17 15/16 x 5 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. (45.5 x 15 x 15 cm)
Source extras
cul
Greek
med
terracotta with white slip and paint
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6256
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GRC
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2237
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