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Female Figurine from a Vessel

6256 · 3rd century BCE (Hellenistic)

<p>This figure is from a type of vase that occasionally took the form of a female head. South Italian artists frequently applied separately molded figurines to pottery and depicted faces with heavy jaws and prominently lidded eyes.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2528' rel='external'>Female Figurine from a Vessel</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

Date

3rd century BCE (Hellenistic)

Culture

Greek

Painter

6256

Dimensions

H: 16.00 cm W: 5.00 cm

Medium

terracotta with white slip and paint

Museum

Walters Art Museum