Limestone head of a bearded man - image 1

Classical

Limestone head of a bearded man

This head of a man once belonged to a larger sculpture and preserves white inlay in the eyes with a hole for a darker material would have once represented a pupil. H. 9.5 cm x W. 7.2 cm x D. 9.5 cm

Date

400 - 301 BC

Accession No.

2021.40.24

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • By 1939 and until after 1970, private collection of Charles D. Kelekian, New York; from after 1970 and until 2020, collection of Nanette B. Kelekian, New York.

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