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Head from a Statue of a Woman

Unknownlate 4th century B.C.

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

The head of a woman, once part of a larger statue, has an oval face with large eyes, a small nose, and a prominent chin. Her hair is parted in the center and fashioned into wavy, intertwined locks pulled back from her face and falling in long tresses on either side of her neck. She wears a lotus leaf and rosette crown with a veil over the back of her head. She wears earrings of rosette posts with pyramidal pendants. There is one Venus ring on the front of her neck. The adorned and crowned head could represent a votary.

Details

  • Title: Head from a Statue of a Woman
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: late 4th century B.C.
  • Location Created: Cyprus
  • Physical Dimensions: 36.2 × 19.1 × 21 cm (14 1/4 × 7 1/2 × 8 1/4 in.)
  • Type: Mythological figure
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Limestone
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 68.AA.20
  • Culture: Cypriot
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
  • Creator Display Name: Unknown
  • Classification: Sculpture (Visual Works)

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