Head probably from a sphinx
about 480 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueMarble, with some crystalline structure, from mainland Greece or perhaps from the Greek islands
DimensionsHeight: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
Credit LineJohn H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession number1973.209
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1946: Professor Vladimir G. Simkhovitch Collection (said to have come from Aegina); inherited by his daughter after his death in 1959, and kept by her until about 1973; by 1973: with Münzen und Medaillen, A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland; purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen, A.G., May 9, 1973
5th century
2nd–1st century B.C.
about second half of the 3rd century A.D.
about 70–60 B.C.
530–515 B.C.
about 2600–2500 B.C.
about 2600–2500 B.C.