Head broken from a figure
Unknown
(Maker)
The face has strong oriental characteristics, and the elongated ear lobes are pierced. The figure wore a pointed hat
History note: Found by the donor in a garden at Silchester, around 1958
Given by Mr C. M. Thompson, and Miss R. A. Thompson
Diameter: 8 cm
Height: 11.2 cm
Width: 8.1 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given
(1998)
by
Thompson, C. M., Mr, and R. A., Miss
16th century
Circa
1500
CE
-
Circa
1600
CE
Head
Depth 7.3 cm
Height 10.9 cm
Width 8.5 cm
Accession number: GR.1-1998
Primary reference Number: 138164
External ID: CAM_CCF_GR_1_1998
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Head broken from a figure"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/138164 Accessed: 2022-08-16 16:45:16
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|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2022-08-16 16:45:16|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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