Portrait head jar
Large portrait head jar with stirrup handle. The face is powerfully modelled with full lips, straight nose, and strongly marked eye sockets. Disk earrings hang from pierced ear lobes. The face of the figure, with the exception of a thin line outlining the eye-socket, is painted brick red. The remainder of the jar is the pale terra cotta color of the body clay. Spout of handle restored.
- Date
- Date Unknown
- In our collection
- since October the 28th, 2009 up to now
- Dimensions
- 11 1/2 x 5 7/8 x 4 1/2 in. (29.2 x 14.92 x 11.43 cm)
- Location
- Not on View
- Medium
- Earthenware
- Price
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- Composition
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cadmium 2% atium 36% iron 37% zinc 25%