Female head
This tiny head was molded and carved in the round, but was attached at the neck and behind the head to another surface. She wears no emblem of Ptolemaic royalty in her hair, although this is not necessarily determining. The head may have been attached to a vessel or its handle.
Artwork Details
- Title: Female head
- Period: Ptolemaic Period
- Date: 332–30 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Faience
- Dimensions: H. 1.5 × W. 1.4 × D. 1.6 cm (9/16 × 9/16 × 5/8 in.)
- Credit Line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
- Object Number: 26.7.1425
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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332–30 BCE
332–30 BCE
332–30 BCE
550–300 B.C.
ca. 945–712 BCE
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