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Dancing Attis with Phrygian Cap
Greek, East Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 150–130 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
22 cm (8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.7705
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Burr, Terra-cottas from Myrina (MFA), no. 063.
DescriptionAttis dancing. White on Phrygian cap, fillet, most of chiton, bottom of anaxyrides, and shoes; pinkish flesh tone on the face; black on eyes and brows; red on lips; pale blue on right sleeve; rose pink on anaxyrides; pale pink on front of chiton; light red on edge of sandal. Missing: left hand and part of arm, right foot.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: from the private collection of the late M. Baltazzi); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, December 1901