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Ancient Art
Public domain

Terracotta female head

4th–3rd century B.C.

Terracotta, with traces of pink paint

27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.)
The Harold A. Strickland, Jr., Collection
1998.23.8
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
South Italian
Period: 
Late Classical to Hellenistic
Classification: 
Sculpture
Provenance: 

Harold A. Strickland, Jr.; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., acquired from the above, 1998.

Bibliography: 

“Acquisitions, 1998,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (1999): 197.

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