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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1992.256.54
Title
Standing Female Figure
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Female Figure
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, statuette
Date
14th-13th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Anatolia
Period
Hittite Empire period
Culture
Syro-Hittite
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/304560

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Copper
Technique
Cast, lost-wax process
Dimensions
6.2 x 2.6 cm (2 7/16 x 1 in.)
Technical Details

Chemical Composition: ICP-MS/AAA data from sample, Copper:
Cu, 97.97; Sn, 1.17; Pb, less than 0.025; Zn, 0.002; Fe, 0.22; Ni, 0.03; Ag, less than 0.01; Sb, less than 0.02; As, 0.6; Bi, less than 0.025; Co, 0.005; Au, less than 0.01; Cd, less than 0.001
J. Riederer

Technical Observations: The statuette is a solid cast. The lower portion of the body below the arms appears to have been worked by hot working, cold working, or both. There are losses from the bottom tip of the figure and the proper left arm. The patina is pale green with brown deposits over a black substrate.


Carol Snow (submitted 2002)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Louise M. and George E. Bates
Accession Year
1992
Object Number
1992.256.54
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Published Catalogue Text: Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Bronzes at the Harvard Art Museums
This standing figure consists of a straight pointed body that is square in its lower section. The bottom is broken. Two stubby arms project horizontally and slightly forward from the shoulders. The head is a triangular shape with a beaked nose flanked by two perforations through laterally projecting oval tabs. The top of the head comes to a rounded point. It is unclear whether the perforations were meant to serve as eyes, as holes for the attachment of earrings, or both.
It is a typical example of similar mass-produced bronze votive statuettes.

David G. Mitten

Subjects and Contexts

  • Ancient Bronzes

Verification Level

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