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Female head on a post-antique bust

Female head

Classification
sculpture / statue; statuette
Culture
Greek (culture)
Dimensions
height: 10 cm
Date
460–450 B.C.
Period
Classical Period (480–323)
Material
Parian marble, choriodaki; marble analysis
Iconography
female head; ribbon
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)
Inventory
4715
ID
Hyp-4022
References
Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 51; Hekler 1929, 17, no. 9

Marble analyses conducted by Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences) have shown that the head was made of Parian (Paros-Choriodaki) marble. Click here for the detailed results.

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