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Grave stele with woman holding a mirror

Late 5th–early 4th century B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueMarble from Mt. Pentelikon near Athens
DimensionsOverall: 58 x 45.7cm (22 13/16 x 18in)
112 LBS mounted DV add 5 for wall cleat
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number04.16
On View
On view
ClassificationsSculpture
Provenance1904, sold by Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), London, to the MFA for $74,100 [see note]. (Accession Date: January 19, 1904)

NOTE: Total price for MFA accession nos. 04.6 - 04.37.

Head of a bearded man
about A.D. 150–192; first recut about A.D. 210–267; second recut about A.D. 400
Head of Aphrodite of the Capitoline type
about 2nd century A.D. (after a Hellenistic Greek type)
Head of Aphrodite
about A.D. 138–192
Head of Herakles
about 325 B.C. (?)
Goddess, perhaps Athena
4th century B.C.
young female
about 350–325 B.C.