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Figure of a standing goddess with a high crown (polos)
Greek
Archaic Period
late 6th century B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Boiotia
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
38.7 cm (15 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.7763
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionThis terracotta figurine shows a woman standing with her arms stretched out before her. Her body is rendered simply and resembles a board, but her fingers are individually articulated and her feet are shown emerging from beneath her dress. Her facial features are rendered with paint, as are the Geometric patterns on her garment. She wears a tall crown on her head. The crown is elaborate, with a spiral projecting from its front, a disk at its top, and an additional object (perhaps a pomegranate) above the disk.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Athens: from Boeotia.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901