SculptureHellenistic2nd century BCE
Grotesque Head of an "Orator"
323-150 BCE
Description
Pudgy, wrinkled face of a man with a large, bulbous nose. Good hand-modeling, with no trace of slip or color. Broken vertically in half behind ears and repaired. Hard, reddish-brown clay with very little mica.
Dimensions
3.33 cm (1 5/16 in.)
Provenance
Royal Museum of Art and History, Brussels; gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1935.
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