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figure
Object Type
figure
Museum number
1892,0825.1
Description
Head of marble male figure ; hair worn in three rows of ringlets at front and brought up under fillet at back; eyes hollowed for inlay; restored right ear now separate. In the style of a late Archaic kouros.
Cultures/periods
Hellenistic
(archaising)
Roman Imperial
(?)
Production date
100 BC- 1BC
(circa)
Production place
Made in:
Attica (Greece)
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Greece
Materials
marble
Dimensions
Height:
27.20 centimetres
(max)
Bibliographic references
Sculpture / Catalogue of Greek Sculpture in the British Museum
(2728)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
R W Webb
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Philip Barker Webb
Acquisition date
1892
Acquisition notes
Probably brought from Greece in 1818.
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1892,0825.1