Demeter or Persephone
4th century B.C.
Medium/TechniqueMarble, crystalline Greek, probably Pentelic
DimensionsHeight: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. William de Forest Thomson
Accession number18.432
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
Provenance1918, gift of Mr. and Mrs. William de Forest Thompson, Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 12, 1918); June 26, 2013, deaccessioned by the MFA for sale through Christie's, New York.
2nd century A.D.
5th century
about 480 B.C.
about 465 B.C. or later
about 5th–early 4th century B.C.
about 330–300 B.C.
2nd–1st century B.C.
