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The mold used to make this work is difficult to distinguish from one for a female figure. Note especially the treatment of the hair. The addition of a painted beard and moustache, however, very simply changed the sex.
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Title: Terracotta bust of a man
Period: Classical
Date: 5th century BCE
Culture: Greek
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: H.: 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)
Classification: Terracottas
Credit Line: Gift of Ernest Brummer, 1959
Accession Number: 59.48.25
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