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Repoussé plaque with woman with raised arms
Greek, East Greek
Orientalizing Period
660–620 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
2.5 x 2.1 cm (1 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number99.400
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
DescriptionThe woman depicted on this plaque stands facing the viewer with her arms raised and her hands closed into fists. Her hair falls down past her shoulders, and is further articulated with horizontal striations, more visible than those in the hair of 99.399 perhaps because the stamp was hammered more carefully or deeply. The foot of her dress and her waistband are raised slightly from the rest of her dress. Beneath each of the goddess’s fists, on either side of her legs, a small dot can be seen. The entire pictorial field is bordered by a braided pattern. The entire upper right and part of the upper left corner of this plaque are now missing, so that only the central cylinder is preserved at top.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: W. H. Forman Collection; inherited from him by Mrs. Burt and then, about 1889, by A. H. Browne; by 1899: with Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 13 Wellington Strand, London, W.C. (sale of the Forman collection, June 19-22, lot 397, partial; said to have come from Camirus); 1899: with Edward Perry Warren; 1899: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 32,500.00 (this is the total price for MFA 99.338-99.542)