Terracotta statuette of a standing woman

Medium

Terracotta Fabric: (figurine is too dirty to read fabric). Slip, paint: white slip, red paint on chest. Method of manufacture: moldmade, hollow; head also hollow, molded separately. Base in one mold with torso. Back, venting: back handmade, flattened. Very large rectangular ("open door") vent from chest to base.

Dimensions

H. 13 11/16 in. (34.7 cm)

Classification

Terracottas

Culture & Period

Greek, Boeotian · Classical

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Richard P. Lasser, 1975

Accession Number

1975.417

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