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Old woman holding a pair of krotala in each hand
Greek
Classical Period
about 380-330 BC
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
8.4 cm (3 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.7893
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionCaricature from Comedy--a seated old woman, a courtesan?, holding a pair of krotala in each hand. Red-brown on hair; red on lips; traces of white slip on chiton; of blue on himation.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Paris.); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, December 1901