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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1916.337
Title
Seated Girl
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
statuette, sculpture
Date
323-31 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Asia Minor
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292950

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta, traces of white slip
Technique
Mold-made
Dimensions
11.3 x 8 cm (4 7/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Base: 7.2 x 6.9 cm (2 13/16 x 2 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edward P. Bliss; bequeathed to Fogg Art Museum, 1916.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Edward P. Bliss
Accession Year
1916
Object Number
1916.337
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Smiling girl seated on a rock, legs spread and planted firmly on the ground. She is wearing a high belted chiton and himation. Melon type coiffure, flat, square plinth, with an irregular square vent hole on the sparsely modeled back. (Left-hand figure in photograph).
Hard, pale brown clay; traces of white slip and blue pigment.

Verification Level

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