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Funerary Relief with Girl, Bird and Fan

Greek (Sculptor)
4th century BCE (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic)
marble
(Ancient Greece )

The inscription on the left identifies the girl as Sosibolis, who holds a bird and a fan. This funerary relief is much worked, and the bottom is broken.

Inscription

[Inscription] ΣΩΣΙΒΩΛΙΣ

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

Jean Mikas, Paris and Athens, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1922, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. P432; said to be from Paros, Greece]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1922, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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Geographies

Greece, Attica (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 32 11/16 x W: 20 1/16 in. (83 x 51 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1922

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

23.38

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  • Wednesday—Sunday: 10 a.m.—5 p.m.
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Location

600 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
21201

Phone

410-547-9000

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