SculptureGreek4th-1st century BCE
Head and Torso of Attys
323-31 BCE
Description
Figure dressed in long-sleeved tunic, possibly an oriental dancer's costume. Head is inclined, right arm is raised and slightly bent, left arm broken off. Broken off at waist, back unmodeled. Pale, reddish brown clay.
Dimensions
5.3 x 5.4 cm (2 1/16 x 2 1/8 in.)
Provenance
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
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