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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