Object Title
Head of a Female Figure
Measurements
17.5 x 12 cm
Creation Date
3rd Century BCE
Credit Line
Carlos Collection of Ancient Art
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/4253/head-of-a-female-figure?ctx=9c7418f24d2db5db5ee417c3d0f426cb7ce4c132&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex coll. Melba Davis Whatley, Texas. Purchased by Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology from Merrin Gallery, New York, New York.
Exhibition Information
An Enduring Ideal: Classical Art from the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, November 1, 1992 - February 15, 1993;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11,1993 - May 2004;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - July 31, 2014;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 15, 2014 - Present
Publication Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been published.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Gifted to museum in 1984.