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Polyphemos squatting on his heels
Greek
Late Classical
late 5th or early 4th Centuries B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Boiotia, Kabirion
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
22.3 cm (8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.7756
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionPolyphemos squatting on his heels, elbows resting on knees. Naked and pot-bellied. Holding a one-handled wine cup in his left hand. Beared and with a single, large eye perched above his brow. Whole front colored deep red.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Paris: said from Boeotia); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, December 1901