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A small terracotta slab with a figure in relief

A reclining figure is modeled on a small, flat, medium gray rectangular terracotta slab. While resting their head on a large pillow, the figure reclines on their side beneath a blanket, or shroud, which also covers the top of their head. The surface is coarse and pitted, and a crack runs through it width-wise, at about the location of the figure’s waist. Traces of white paint remain in the folds of the blanket and in the figure’s face, and traces of pinkish red remain on the pillow as well.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1932.56.124
Title
Lid of a Cinerarium with Reclining Figure
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
4th-2nd century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Etruria
Period
Classical period, Late, to Hellenistic
Culture
Etruscan
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291330

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hand- and mold-made terracotta
Dimensions
Overall: H. 9.7 x W. 32 x D. 18 cm (3 13/16 x 12 5/8 x 7 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Dr. Harris Kennedy, Milton, MA (by 1932), gift; to the William Hayes Fogg Art Museum, 1932.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Harris Kennedy, Class of 1894
Accession Year
1932
Object Number
1932.56.124
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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