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Source Description
The large, protruding, bulbous eyes of the head are almost round and are set off from the face by incised lines. The pupils and other details originally would have been painted. The small mouth is represented by a simple carved line, without lips. The hair is a uniform mass, set off from the forehead.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
76472
label
Head of a Man with an Elongated Face and Serious Expression
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
76472
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Head of a Man with an Elongated Face and Serious Expression
description
The large, protruding, bulbous eyes of the head are almost round and are set off from the face by incised lines. The pupils and other details originally would have been painted. The small mouth is represented by a simple carved line, without lips. The hair is a uniform mass, set off from the forehead.
provenance
Sale, Sotheby's, London, December 21, 1970, lot 83; Giraud and Carolyn Foster, Baltimore, December 21, 1970, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.
date
1st century BCE-1st century CE
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
busts
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
9.1
height
6
depth
5.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 9/16 x W: 2 3/8 x D: 2 1/8 in. (9.05 x 6.03 x 5.4 cm)
Source extras
cul
Sabaean
med
calcite-alabaster
creator_ids
15549
collection_ids
SAY
exhibition_ids
2002
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
1895d3691d0d1ade