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Figurine of a man cooking
Greek
Late Archaic Period
early 5th century B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece (said to have come from), Boiotia, Tanagra
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
Height: 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number97.349
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionStatuette of man seated, cooking. A jug rests on a pile of fagots in front of him; jug black, fagots red brown. Face and flesh of man ruddy, chlamys indicated by yellow color; yellow shoes; holds a yellow stick. Thumb of right hand missing.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Athens & said to have come from Tanagra.); 1897: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 25,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 97.285-97.442 and 97.1104)