TC-70-4 Head of Boy
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Terracotta. Purchased from the Cesnola Collection in the Stanford University Museum (No. 409). Solid. Perhaps mould-made. Broken off just below chin. Figure wears handmade crown of fruit (?) flanked by leaves, Hair fringed in front only. Back of head smoothly rounded. Prominent ears with deep hole in opening. Ridged lids over round eyeballs, sharp upturned nose, full smiling lips with dimples, high fat cheeks.
Fine very pale brown (10YR 7/4) clay with peeling pink (7.5YR 8/4) paint or plaster overall. Trace of pale green (5G 7/2) paint on crown.
H. 0.101 m.
Hellenistic I.
Mentioned by J.R. Davis & T.B.L. Webster, SIMA, Vol. XVI, 1964, p. 18, who suggests the head represents "a youthful Ptolemaic prince."
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