Tools Services Portfolio About Contact

Tools Services Portfolio About Contact

Made with by Lê Trực 0983470827 © 2025 KenAI.vn

Head of Offering Bearer | Harvard Art Museums | KenAI

Harvard Art Museums
Artworks
Head of Offering Bearer

Head of Offering Bearer

SculptureGreek4th century CE

Head of Offering Bearer

400-300 BCE

Description

Small, indistinctly and crudely modeled face on long neck that flares out at base. Large elaborate coiffure of ringlets divided into sections by barely visible strands of beads. High, plain polos. Remnant of red on hair, unmodelled back, solid clay. Head detached from body at base of neck. Hard, pale brown clay; powdery surface; remains of white slip; traces of red pigment.

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Mold-made

Medium

Terracotta, remains of white slip

Culture

Greek

Period

Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic

Century

4th century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

10.3 x 7.4 cm (4 1/16 x 2 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Edward P. Bliss; bequeathed to Fogg Art Museum, 1916.

Related Artworks

Bearded Man, Possibly Emperor Macrinus

Bearded Man, Possibly Emperor Macrinus

Unknown Artist, early to mid 3rd century CE

Luna marble

3rd century CERoman

Pentecost

Unidentified Maker, Copy of 11-12th century original.

Plaster

20th centuryByzantine

Tomb Figurine in the Form of an Auspicious Aquatic Creature in the Form of a Human-Headed Fish

Tomb Figurine in the Form of an Auspicious Aquatic Creature in the Form of a Human-Headed Fish

Unknown Artist, late 7th cent. - 8th cent.

Molded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white ground

7th-8th centuryChinese

Seated, Six-Armed Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Flanked by Seated Târâ Figures

Seated, Six-Armed Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Flanked by Seated Târâ Figures

Unknown Artist, probably 13th century

Brass with inlays of silver, copper, and turquoise

13th centuryTibetan

Relief (Series B)

Relief (Series B)

Charlotte Posenenske, 1967

Red spray paint on sheet aluminum

20th centuryGerman

PLASTER CAST OF HEAD OF ZEUS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS B OSTON RECD. 1909

PLASTER CAST OF HEAD OF ZEUS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS B OSTON RECD. 1909

Plaster

Bacchus Leaning on a Column

Bacchus Leaning on a Column

Unknown Artist, 1st-3rd century CE

Mixed copper alloy

1st-3rd century CERoman

Small Jade Sculpture in the Form of a Recumbent Ram

Small Jade Sculpture in the Form of a Recumbent Ram

Unknown Artist, 15th-17th century

Sea-green nephrite with russet mottling

15th-17th centuryChinese

Model for an Altarpiece of Saint Castulus

Model for an Altarpiece of Saint Castulus

Unidentified Artist, c. 1740

Wood with polychrome

18th centuryGerman

Macedonian Soldier, after Thorwaldsen

Macedonian Soldier, after Thorwaldsen

Unidentified Artist, 19th century

Plaster

19th centuryItalian

Kapefenhamontu Presenting an Image of Osiris

Kapefenhamontu Presenting an Image of Osiris

Unknown Artist, 600-300 BCE

Siltstone

6th-4th century BCEEgyptian

Man with Nimbus Riding a Deer

Man with Nimbus Riding a Deer

Unknown Artist, late 7th to early 8th centuries

stucco

7th-8th century