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Source Description
The oval face, full cheeks, and small mouth are characteristic of figurines from Tarentum (present-day Taranto, Italy), and the heavy outer lids of the eyes date this piece to the 3rd century BC.
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Document identity
localId
40321
label
Head of a Woman with Long Curls
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
id
40321
sourceUrl
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object
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normalized
title
Head of a Woman with Long Curls
description
The oval face, full cheeks, and small mouth are characteristic of figurines from Tarentum (present-day Taranto, Italy), and the heavy outer lids of the eyes date this piece to the 3rd century BC.
provenance
Giovanni Dattari, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Lambros-Dattari Sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 1912, June 17-19, 1912, p. 60, no. 551 [?]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
3rd century BCE (Hellenistic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
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Ceramics
figurines
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7
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7
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
10.9
height
5.7
depth
7.7
dimensionsRaw
4 5/16 x 2 1/4 x 3 in. (10.9 x 5.7 x 7.7 cm)
Source extras
med
terracotta with traces of white slip
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6256
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GRC
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none
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