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Head of a goddess ("The Chios Head")

3rd to 2nd century BC
Medium/TechniqueMarble, probably from the Greek island of Paros
DimensionsHeight: 36 cm (14 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Nathaniel Thayer
Accession number10.70
On View
On view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceAbout 1853/1856, said to have been found on the Palaiokastro, Chios by Antonios Xanthakes [see note 1]; by inheritance to his son, Stylianos Xanthakes (d. 1881); about 1881, sold by Xanthakes' widow to J. C. Choremes; 1900, sold by the heirs of J. C. Choremes to Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), London and Rome [see note 2]. 1910, gift of Nathaniel Thayer to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 28, 1910)

NOTE: [1] Said to have been found at the time of the Crimean War while searching for building material. See L. D. Caskey, Catalogue of Greek and Roman Sculpture (Boston: MFA, 1925), p. 71, cat. 29. [2] Lent by Warren to the MFA in 1909 (loan no. 923.09).
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.
Left hand holding alabastron
about 470–450 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.