Bird-Faced ""Pappas""

first half 6th century BCE or modern (Archaic or Modern)

8 cm 17.4 cm 4.8 cm

Citation

Plank figures of this type, with pinched bird-like faces and high “polos” crowns, are strongly abstract in style but securely dated to the Archaic period (6th century BCE) by excavated examples in Boeotia. Painted details indicate the eyes, the long wavy hair, and the decorati...

Sculpture

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33264
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sculpture
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normalized
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Frederick G. Stern, Maryland, by 1984, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1985, by gift.
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CC0
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en
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0
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2524

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