Figurine

73-25-17

From: Greece | Attica | Athens

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 73-25-17
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Greece | Attica | Athens
Date Made 6th Century
Section Mediterranean
Materials Terracotta
Description

Intact except for missing beak and spiral roll above. Dark buff clay. Decoration in black glaze. Flat body spreading below to bottom ovoid in plan. Stub arms. Long neck; hair in 3 plaits formed by flat strips of clay. high polos, hollow within. Horizontal line around lower edge. Zone of concentric triangles across chest. Horizontal lines and chevrons on hair, except on back plait, vertical zig zags lines. Concentric dependent semi circles and chevrons on polos.

Height 18.5 cm
Width 6.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of Robert H. Bates, 1973
Other Number L-224-24 - Old Loan Number

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