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Female Figurine from a Vessel
3rd century BCE (Hellenistic)
terracotta with white slip and paint
(Ancient Greece )
(Ancient Greece )
This figure is from a type of vase that occasionally took the form of a female head. South Italian artists frequently applied separately molded figurines to pottery and depicted faces with heavy jaws and prominently lidded eyes.
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.
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.
Dr. Frederick G. Stern, Potomac, MD, by 1984, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1985, by gift.
Exhibitions
| 1988-1989 | From Alexander to Cleopatra: Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Measurements
17 15/16 x 5 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. (45.5 x 15 x 15 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Frederick G. Stern, 1985
Location in Museum
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.2528