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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1925.30.98
Title
Standing Girl with Ball
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, statuette
Date
late 4th-late 1st century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Boeotia
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291163

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta, traces of white slip
Technique
Mold-made
Dimensions
16.8 x 7.4 cm (6 5/8 x 2 15/16 in.)
Base: 5.7 x 4.4 cm (2 1/4 x 1 3/4 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
1925.30.98
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Young girl holding a ball in her right arm, as if she is about to throw it. Head inclined and turned to the right, "melon" type coiffure. Wearing himation and chiton. Right arm and shoulder were broken off and repaired. Back unmodelled, with a small, rectangular venthole. (2nd from right in photograph)

Hard gray clay, faint traces of white slip.

Verification Level

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