Unknown, Daunian Stele Fragment
Gift of Vasek Polak · Digital image courtesy of Getty's Open Content ProgramView original →
Unknown

Daunian Stele Fragment

650-500 BC

Current Collection

J. Paul Getty Museum

Los Angeles, United States

Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
14.5 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-236734

This fragment is comprised of a conical, helmeted head. The features of the face are cursorily rendered; the eyes are incised as two concentric circles with a central point. The mouth is rendered as a long rectangle. The edge of the figure's helmet is decorated with regularly spaced dots. The neck is finished to a flat surface on the underside and pierced with a deep hole in the centre, indicating that it is male.

Provenance

Gift of Vasek Polak

Registry history

  • 650-500 BC — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — sculpture

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