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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.1841
Title
Standing Male Figure (Kabirion)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, statuette
Date
400-370 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Boeotia
Period
Classical period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/287391

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta, traces of white slip and paint
Technique
Mold-made
Dimensions
19.8 x 6.3 cm (7 13/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Base: 7 x 5 cm (2 3/4 x 1 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
George A. Brown; loan to Department of Classics, Harvard University.
Transfer from the Department of Classics, Harvard University.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Loan from George A. Brown
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.216.1841
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Left leg slightly bent. Curving line of body. Chlamys over left shoulder and arm, fold held in right hand. Right arm pendant, left arm bent, holding hen (?). Elaborate Headdress. Diadem. Rectangular plinth. Crude, indistinct modelling.
Traces of red. Back unmodelled. Large venthole. Bottom open. Base from mould as figure.
Hard bistre clay; traces of white slip and iron oxide red.

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