male head / Marble / Plaster or mortar

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1966.02.0001
Object Name: male head
Lot: Peterson, Enoch E.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Sculpture
Materials: Marble; Plaster or mortar
Weight: 2211g
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Gazda: Ptolemaic king. White marble perhaps completed in stucco, metal crowning ornament missing.; Gazda: The style of the royal portrait, with its softly modeled surfaces and blurred details, recalls that of 4th century Greek sculptor Praxiteles.
Subjects: Ptolemaic King
Verbatim Date: 305 - 246 BC
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Case 10 - Alexandria & Beyond
Exhibition Curator: Gazda, Elaine
Exhibition Year: 2009
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1966.02.0001
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1966.02.0001/dscn9464.jpg

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Full citation: "male head; Marble; Plaster or mortar." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1966.02.0001/dscn9464.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.