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Woman standing
Greek, East Greek
Hellenistic Period
3rd or 2nd century B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Asia Minor, Aeolis, Myrina
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
23.7 cm (9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.7749
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Burr, Terra-cottas from Myrina (MFA), no. 081.
DescriptionStatuette of draped woman standing. She is lifting her right arm under the himation and having the left hanging down to the side. She is draped in a chiton and an himation, which covers all her body, even her head. Her hair is arranged in flat waves. She wears forked shoes.
There are a few traces of white on her drapery.
Light-pinkish clay.
There are a few traces of white on her drapery.
Light-pinkish clay.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Myrina, from the Metaxas Collection in Athens); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901