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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1925.30.105
Title
Standing Woman
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, statuette
Date
4th-1st century BCE
Places
Find Spot: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Tanagra (Boeotia)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291683

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3610, University Teaching Gallery
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta, remains of white slip, traces of paint
Technique
Mold-made
Dimensions
17.5 x 6.7 cm (6 7/8 x 2 5/8 in.)
Plinth: 6.5 x 6.3 cm (2 9/16 x 2 1/2 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
1925.30.105
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Woman draped in chiton and himation. Hair combed in a "melon" type coiffure. Flat, square plinth supports figure and has a round vent hole. Back is sparsely modeled with a small square vent hole, but front modeling is detailed and well executed.
Traces of red can be found on the hair, and pink is seen on the face, himation and chiton, where a grey-blue color can also be found. A grayish coating can be found on parts of the surface. Good color visibility.
Head was broken off and replaced. Right back of head is chipped.
Hard pink clay; remains of white slip; traces of iron oxide red and Egyptian blue.

Publication History

  • Laura Mau, "A Pigment Analysis of Greek Hellenistic Tanagra Figurines" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1991), Unpublished, pp. 1-7 passim

Exhibition History

Verification Level

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