Figurine

63-26-14

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 63-26-14
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Greek
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Tanagra
Period Hellenistic Period
Date Made 3rd century BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Terracotta
Description

Weight on right leg, left foot forward. Right hand raised to left chest. Left hand holds drapery at left thigh. Wears floor length peplos (?) and cloak over upper body. Head frontal, hair parted in middle, large bun at back. Possibly head is alien to figure?: join patched with clay. Traces of white over most of figure, of pink on cloak. and of rusty red on hair, No plinth preserved. Back unworked. Firing vent in back.

Height 16 cm
Width 5.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs Earl Ford, 1963

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