Purplish Red Slip Head

Purplish Red Slip Head

Description:

Terracotta head from a figure. Probably depicts a votary or priestess. Traces of dark purplish red slip.


Dimensions: Height: 78 millimetres; Width: 52 millimetres maximum


Object Type: figure


Techniques: slipped

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 450 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Accession Number:

2010,5009.25