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Statuette of a girl with offering tray
Greek
Classical Period
about 450 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 13 × 3.7 × 7 cm (5 1/8 × 1 7/16 × 2 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number98.668
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 055; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 119 (additional published references).
DescriptionThe girl carries a tray laden with cakes and fruit in the fold of her Doric chiton. Traces of gilding remain. A hole, for an attachment, is in the lower rear of the chiton. Green patina with brown (earth) encrustation.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Sent from Athens & said to have been found at Corinth. March 1897); 1898: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for
$ 69,618.13 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940)
$ 69,618.13 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940)