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Nude female figure, handle of a patera (shallow bowl)
Italic, Etruscan
Hellenistic Period
350-300 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height: 18 cm (7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number98.679
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 529; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 126 (additional published references).
DescriptionNude young woman which served as a patera handle. She stands at ease, both arms raised to hold the vessel. She is wearing only a pair of soft, flat shoes and a necklace with a bulla flanked by two crescent-shaped pendants. Her face is rounded, her eyes wide. She has her hair parted in the center and falling in waves through the forehead to the ears. A thick ribbon decorated with a diamond shaped pattern crowns her head. She supports the attachment plate for a bowl with both hands, the juncture element takes the form of tendrils and on the back it is decorated with a palmette. She stand on a circular flat base. Rich green patina.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1898: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 69,618.13 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940)