Figurine

63-26-17

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 63-26-17
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Greek
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Tanagra
Date Made 350-200 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Woman
Description

Complete with plinth. Weight on left foot, right relaxed at side. Right arm holding folds of drapery at right thigh. Left hand raised to level of left breast. Floor length dress and cloack over much of body above knees. Head turned slightly to right. Melon coiffer, bun missing. Thin plinth. Back not modelled. Firing vent in back. Some traces of burning as in funeral pyre. No certain traces of color.

Height 15 cm
Width 5.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs Earl Ford, 1963

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