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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1925.30.94
Title
Epona(?) Seated on a Donkey
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, statuette
Date
323-31 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Asia Minor
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291035

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Mold-made
Dimensions
10.1 x 6.7 cm (4 x 2 5/8 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
1925.30.94
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Goddess sitting side saddle, wrapped in a shawl. Little modeling and crude execution. Donkey is better executed, walking with left hind leg and foreleg forward. Traces of brown on donkey and skirt, red on saddle, harness, skirt, background and Epona's hair. Back is unmodeled with a round vent hole. Base and back have been repaired and the front half of the donkey's face is missing. (4th from left in photograph)
Traces of red and blue pigment.

Verification Level

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