Epona(?) Seated on a Donkey | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1925.30.94
Title: Epona(?) Seated on a Donkey
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: statuette, sculpture
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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