Ancient Art
Public domain

Head of a Gorgon

3rd century B.C.

Terracotta

9.9 x 8.1 cm (3 7/8 x 3 3/16 in.)
Gift of Ruth Elizabeth White
1988.80.46
Culture: 
Greek, South Italian, Sicilian
Period: 
Hellenistic
Classification: 
Containers - Ceramics
Status: 
Not on view
Provenance: 

Ruth Elizabeth White; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., acquired from the above, 1988.

Bibliography: 

“Acquisitions 1988,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (Spring 1989): 116.

Mimi Gardner Gates, “Director’s Report 1988,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (Spring 1989): 116.

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