Female Figurine from a Vessel

Description Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Description 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.

Exhibitions

From Alexander to Cleopatra: Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1988-1989.

Provenance Dr. Frederick G. Stern, Potomac, MD; Walters Art Museum, December 1985, by gift.

Credit Gift of Dr. Frederick G. Stern, 1985

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Creator

Greek (Artist)

Period

3rd century BCE (Hellenistic)

Medium

terracotta with white slip and paint
(Ceramics)

Accession Number

48.2528

Measurements

17 15/16 x 5 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. (45.5 x 15 x 15 cm)

Geography

Italy, Canosa (Place of Discovery)

Location Within Museum

Centre Street: Second Floor: Greek Art