ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Furniture Attachment in the Form of a Female Head
AAT Object Form/Functionappliqué (metalwork ornament)
AAT Object Form/Functionfurniture ornaments
AAT Object Form/Functionheads (representations)
Possible OriginItaly, Europe
CultureGreek, South Italian
PeriodHellenistic
Date3rd-2nd Century BCE
MediumBronze
Credit LineEx Brummer Collection, donated by the Brummer-Laszlo Family
Dimensions7 1/16 in. (17.9 cm)
Object number1998.013.007
Label TextA bust of a young woman wearing a chiton fastened at the shoulder on either side of the neck. Her hair is arranged in a so-called melon coiffure with wedge-shaped sections twisted back from the forehead and gathered in a high bun at the back of the head. An incised line running across the crown indicates where a fillet or wreath was attached. The eyes were inlaid, probably with glass irises set into lime paste.The head was likely attached to an item of furniture.Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Installation, September 29, 2014 - Present
Published ReferencesParke Bernet Galleries, New York, Property of the Estate of the Late J. P. Morgan, pt. 2 (March 22, 1944), lot 113.
The Ernest Brummer Collection, Vol. II (Zurich: Galerie Koller, 1979), 112-113, number 557.
ProvenanceEx coll. J. P. Morgan (1837-1913), New York, New York. With Brummer Gallery, New York, New York, purchased from Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, March 22, 1944, lot 113. With H. Khan Monif, New York, purchased from Brummer, July 26, 1948. Ex coll. Ernest Brummer (1891-1964), New York, New York by 1964. With Galerie Koller AG, Zurich, Switzerland, October 16-19, 1979. Ex coll. Ella Brummer (1900-1999), New York, New York.
Status
On viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
1st Century BCE
1st Century BCE
305-30 BCE
1st-2nd Century CE
1st Century CE
2nd Century BCE
3rd-2nd Century BCE
1800-1600 BCE
ca. 4th-3rd Century BCE
2nd-1st Century BCE
5th-4th Century BCE
