Figurine

63-26-10

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 63-26-10
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Greek
Provenience Mediterranean
Date Made 350-200 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Woman
Description

Dressed in peplos reaching to floor and a cloack over shoulders and falling down left side. Roll band around hair. Right hand emerges from cloack and holds it between breasts. Weight on right foot. Right toes and part of left foot emerge from drapery. Back unfinished. Rectangular vent in back. Figure stands on a plaque with straight edge in front, sides gently curved to a rounded outline in back. Traces of white over all and of pink on cloack. Traces of rusty red on hair.

Height 21.5 cm
Width 7 cm
Depth 7 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs Earl Ford, 1963

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