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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1925.30.109
Title
Standing Female Figure
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
statuette, sculpture
Date
323-31 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Myrina (Aiolis)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291166

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Mold-made
Dimensions
16 x 5.6 cm (6 5/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Base: 6.5 x 5.1 cm (2 9/16 x 2 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
1925.30.109
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Woman with wavy hair parted in the center and gathered in a knot at the back of her head. She is wearing a chiton with long, straight folds, and a large diagonal fold of her himation is supported by her arms. Flat, rectangular plinth, upper back slightly modeled with a small, rectangular vent hole. Head was broken off and repaired and the lef front and back right corner of the base as well as a portion of her right hand is missing. (Left-hand figure in photograph). Incisor tool marks visible in hair. Significant surface damage to terracotta (mold?).

Publication History

  • Laura Mau, "A Pigment Analysis of Greek Hellenistic Tanagra Figurines" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1991), Unpublished, pp. 1-7 passim

Verification Level

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