SculptureRoman2nd century CE
Head of an Eastern Woman ("The Ponsonby Head")
early 2nd century CE
Dimensions
34.5 cm h x 29 cm w x 29 cm d (13 9/16 x 11 7/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Provenance
William Francis Spencer Ponsonby, First Lord de Mauley (by 1854). Hon. Ashley G. J. Ponsonby, London, (by 1881), by inheritance; to Claude Ponsonby, London, (1898-1903), sold; to Edward W. Forbes, Cambridge, MA, (1903-1905), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1905.
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