Figurine

76-13-1

From: Italy

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 76-13-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Etruscan (uncertain) | Umbrian
Provenience Italy
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Description

Complete except for loss of item held in proper right hand. Attached to translucent brown alabaster (?) base. Youth stands with proper left foot advanced. Legs and buttocks well shaped, torse and arms elongated and merely round in section. Hands long in "mannered" style. Eyes are relief almond-shaped; smile still archaic. Hair radiates from one point to a ridge framing face and continuing in "page-boy" cut.

Height 21.8 cm
Width 6.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Henry J. Marshall, 1976

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