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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1920.44.44
Title
Little Girl Seated on a Goose
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
statuette, sculpture
Date
330-30 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292921

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta, traces of paint
Technique
Mold-made
Dimensions
8.5 x 4.2 cm (3 3/8 x 1 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920.

Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton
Accession Year
1920
Object Number
1920.44.44
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Female figure seated on back of goose whose head is turned in profile. Legs appearing to either side of animal. Figure draped in some kind of garment. Right arm bent with right hand on head of goose. Left hand resting on left knee. Head thrown forward. Prominent chin, eyes incised. Short hair parted in center and surmounted by low polos. Back unmodelled. Bottom open. No vent hole. Head broken off and repaired. (2nd from left in photograph)
Soft orangish-pink clay, front surface grey with traces of white slip and Egyptian blue showing.

Verification Level

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