Caption

Fragment of the head of a terracotta female figurine. Fragmentarily preserved head depicting a woman: face and upper part of the neck. Narrow, open mouth with wide lips; large eyelids giving the eyes a half-closed appearance; fairly wide nose. Hairstyle unpreserved. Made of fairly poor quality clay with minor cracks especially on the neck and chin and visible grains; surface slightly effaced. Hellenistic or Roman period, Egypt, 323 BC–476 AD. Figurine; height 3.6 cm, width 3.0 cm, depth 2.3 cm., A worn sculpted head fragment in shades of brown and reddish-brown rests against a light gray background; the fragment shows an abstracted human face with closed or partially closed eyes, a nose, and a slightly open mouth, and the surface displays rough, pitted texture with areas of darker and lighter brown.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A19_424

License type

Rights managed

Available size

22.9Mb (732.4Kb) / 9.4in x 9.4in / 2832 x 2832 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fragment head terracotta female figurine Fragmentarily preserved head depicting woman face upper part neck Narrow open mouth wide lips large eyelids giving eyes half-closed appearance fairly wide nose Hairstyle unpreserved fairly poor quality clay minor cracks chin visible grains surface slightly effaced Hellenistic Roman period Egypt 323 Bc–476 Ad Figurine height 3.6 cm width 3.0 cm depth 2.3 cm worn sculpted head fragment shades brown reddish-brown rests light gray background fragment abstracted human face closed partially nose slightly open mouth surface displays rough pitted texture areas darker lighter brown.