Standing Girl with Ball | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1925.30.98
Title: Standing Girl with Ball
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture, statuette
Date: late 4th-late 1st century BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Boeotia
Period: Hellenistic period
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/291163

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta, traces of white slip
Technique: Mold-made
Dimensions: 16.8 x 7.4 cm (6 5/8 x 2 15/16 in.)
Base: 5.7 x 4.4 cm (2 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Joseph C. Hoppin; bequeathed to Fogg Art Museum, 1925.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Joseph C. Hoppin
Accession Year: 1925
Object Number: 1925.30.98
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Young girl holding a ball in her right arm, as if she is about to throw it. Head inclined and turned to the right, "melon" type coiffure. Wearing himation and chiton. Right arm and shoulder were broken off and repaired. Back unmodelled, with a small, rectangular venthole. (2nd from right in photograph)

Hard gray clay, faint traces of white slip.

Verification Level

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