1977.216.2002: Standing Woman
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1977.216.2002
- Title
- Standing Woman
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture, statuette
- Date
- 500-400 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus
- Period
- Classical period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/286945
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta, traces of white slip and paint
- Technique
- Mold-made
- Dimensions
- 13.8 x 4.2 cm (5 7/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Fogg Museum Classical Collection
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University
- Accession Year
- 1977
- Object Number
- 1977.216.2002
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Woman dressed in a long, pleated chiton. Himation comes over her head beneath a plain calathus. Offering in her left hand. Oval face, framed by curly hair. Long nose bent inward at the tip and a pouting mouth. Solid clay with an unmodeled back. Chip on left side.
Fairly soft, play reddish brown clay; traces of white slip and red pigment.
Verification Level
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