Head Fragment from a Sarcophagus

ca. 746-335 BCE (Late Period) H: 7 11/16 in. (19.6 cm) Citation Source image

This human face has eyes and eyebrows that are hollow for inlay. The top is cut off roughly. The back is smooth. There are two holes in the back for attachment, and an extention below the chin with a hole through it for attachment.

Sculpture

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Rev. William MacGregor, Tamworth, Staffordshire, by 1922; Sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, June 26-29 and July 4-6, 1922, p. 74, no. 586; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, 1922, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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