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Left hand holding alabastron

about 470–450 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsGreece
Medium/TechniqueMarble probably from the Greek island of Paros
DimensionsLength (max.): 15.7 cm (6 3/16 in.)
Credit LineJulia Bradford Huntington James Fund and Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession number10.159
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceBy 1899: with E. P. Warren (according to his records: bought in Rome in 1899); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, June 2, 1910, for $4,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 10.159-10.230)
Bust of a boy with a braided sidelock
1st century B.C. or 1st century A.D.
Torso of a youth (kouros)
about 560–550 B.C.
Restricted: For reference only
about 480 B.C.
Restricted: For reference only
late 5th century B.C.
Dionysos
about 340 B.C.
Restricted: For reference only
4th century B.C.
Goddess or woman
about 325–300 B.C.
Female torso
2nd–1st century B.C.
Torso of Aphrodite
about 125–25 B.C. (after a Greek type of the 4th century B.C.