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Male Head

about 1st–2nd century A.D.
Object PlaceIndia
Medium/TechniqueBuff hand-modeled terracotta
Dimensions7.62 cm (3 in.)
Credit LineGift of Edward W.M. Bryant
Accession number1992.297
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBetween 1975 and 1979, acquired in India by Edward W. M. Bryant (b. 1924 - d. 2006), Washington, DC [see note 1]; 1992, gift of Edward W. M. Bryant to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 24, 1992)

NOTES:
[1] Edward Bryant built up his collection of Indian terracottas from various dealers while he was in Delhi with the American Embassy.
about 1st–2nd century A.D.
3rd–2nd century B.C.
about 2nd century B.C.–1st century A.D.
about 1st century A.D.
about 3rd–2nd century B.C.
about 4th–5th century
about 3rd–4th century A.D.
about 1st–2nd century A.D.
about 1st–2nd century A.D.
about 1st–2nd century A.D.
2600–2000 B.C.