SculptureGreek4th century BCE
Head of Horse
4th century BCE
Description
Small head of a horse, broken off above chest. Horse is in profile, back in flat and unmodeled. Mane is indicated with straight incised lines. Muscles of jaw and mouth prominent. Pale, reddish brown clay.
Dimensions
4 cm (1 9/16 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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