Bowl with Female Bust in Relief

4th-3rd century BCE (Late Classical-Hellenistic)

2.1 cm 8.3 cm

Citation

The central medallion of this black-glazed bowl bears a woman’s bust in relief. Her head turns slightly, while her draped shoulders are frontal. Her wavy hairstyle is partially contained by a crown or headdress. The medallion is surrounded by a border of stamped circles, and a...

Artifact

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6482
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Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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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/48.119