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Head of beardless Dionysos figurine
Greek, East Greek
Hellenistic Period
323–31 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Asia Minor, Ionia, Smyrna
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.7636
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionHead of Dionysos, beardless. Wears a wreath of grapes and leaves, and a broad fillet; hair in an onkos in front, looped in a knot behind, in a roll on either side of face. Traces of gilding and of red and white slip.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: From Rhousopoulos, who said it was from the Misthos? collection.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, 1901