1920.44.44: Little Girl Seated on a Goose

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

Permissions

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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.

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