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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1926.21.11
Title
Standing Woman with Veiled Head
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
statuette, sculpture
Date
3rd-2nd century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Greece
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291904

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Mold-made
Dimensions
19 × 6.6 cm (7 1/2 × 2 5/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Percy S. Straus
Accession Year
1926
Object Number
1926.21.11
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Mostly complete figurine, with a few cracks and part of the base missing.

Standing young woman, draped. Rounded face, indistinct, looking down and center. She wears a long chiton with vertical folds, and a closely wrapped himation (or mantle) pulled over her head as a veil. Her right arm goes up to the chest in a sling created by the mantle, while her left arm pulls the fabric forward. Left leg engaged, right leg bent and pointed back; plain shoes. Both face and pose are serene and demure.

Would have been painted originally, now only traces of white ground extant.

Hollow and light. Mold-made in two bivalve molds, likely plaster. Simple, yet fluid folds; the back is modeled but shallow. Seams are well-concealed. No venthole. Attached to a square, narrow base.

Dark, pinkish red clay, finely levigated.

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