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Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Male Portrait Head</em>, 3rd-2nd century B.C.E. Terracotta, 2 x 1 1/2 x 1 9/16 in. (5.1 x 3.8 x 3.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.234. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.234_NegC_print_bw.jpg)
Graeco-Egyptian. Male Portrait Head, 3rd-2nd century B.C.E. Terracotta, 2 x 1 1/2 x 1 9/16 in. (5.1 x 3.8 x 3.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.234. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.234_NegC_print_bw.jpg)
Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Male Portrait Head</em>, 3rd-2nd century B.C.E. Terracotta, 2 x 1 1/2 x 1 9/16 in. (5.1 x 3.8 x 3.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.234. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.234_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Male Portrait Head, 3rd-2nd century B.C.E. Terracotta, 2 x 1 1/2 x 1 9/16 in. (5.1 x 3.8 x 3.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.234. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.234_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Male Portrait Head</em>, 3rd-2nd century B.C.E. Terracotta, 2 x 1 1/2 x 1 9/16 in. (5.1 x 3.8 x 3.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.234. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.234_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Male Portrait Head, 3rd-2nd century B.C.E. Terracotta, 2 x 1 1/2 x 1 9/16 in. (5.1 x 3.8 x 3.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.234. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.234_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Male Portrait Head</em>, 3rd-2nd century B.C.E. Terracotta, 2 x 1 1/2 x 1 9/16 in. (5.1 x 3.8 x 3.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.234. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.234_NegF_print_bw.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Male Portrait Head, 3rd-2nd century B.C.E. Terracotta, 2 x 1 1/2 x 1 9/16 in. (5.1 x 3.8 x 3.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.234. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.234_NegF_print_bw.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Male Portrait Head</em>, 3rd-2nd century B.C.E. Terracotta, 2 x 1 1/2 x 1 9/16 in. (5.1 x 3.8 x 3.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.234. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.234_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Male Portrait Head, 3rd-2nd century B.C.E. Terracotta, 2 x 1 1/2 x 1 9/16 in. (5.1 x 3.8 x 3.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.234. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.234_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Male Portrait Head</em>, 3rd-2nd century B.C.E. Terracotta, 2 x 1 1/2 x 1 9/16 in. (5.1 x 3.8 x 3.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.234. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.234_NegA_print.bw.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Male Portrait Head, 3rd-2nd century B.C.E. Terracotta, 2 x 1 1/2 x 1 9/16 in. (5.1 x 3.8 x 3.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.234. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.234_NegA_print.bw.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Male Portrait Head</em>, 3rd-2nd century B.C.E. Terracotta, 2 x 1 1/2 x 1 9/16 in. (5.1 x 3.8 x 3.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.234. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.234_NegB_print.bw.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Male Portrait Head, 3rd-2nd century B.C.E. Terracotta, 2 x 1 1/2 x 1 9/16 in. (5.1 x 3.8 x 3.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.234. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.234_NegB_print.bw.jpg)

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Male Portrait Head

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

CULTURE Graeco-Egyptian
MEDIUM Terracotta
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS
DATES 3rd-2nd century B.C.E.
PERIOD Ptolemaic Period or Roman Period
DIMENSIONS 2 x 1 1/2 x 1 9/16 in. (5.1 x 3.8 x 3.9 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 16.234
CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Small terracotta male portrait head, apparently of a foreigner. Conventionalized curly hair with filet running round crown of head. Heavy beard and moustache. Head cast solid in a two part mould and details reworked after removal from mould. General style suggests a Late Hellenistic date and is suggestive of the work done in Asia Minor. Condition: General condition good. Nose badly chipped. Hole in back of head due to defective moulding.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Graeco-Egyptian. Male Portrait Head, 3rd-2nd century B.C.E. Terracotta, 2 x 1 1/2 x 1 9/16 in. (5.1 x 3.8 x 3.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.234. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.234_NegC_print_bw.jpg)
IMAGE front, CUR.16.234_NegC_print_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2015
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Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Male Portrait Head</em>, 3rd-2nd century B.C.E. Terracotta, 2 x 1 1/2 x 1 9/16 in. (5.1 x 3.8 x 3.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.234. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.234_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

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