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Statuette of Persephone or Hera holding a pomegranate
Greek
Archaic Period
about 500 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Boiotia (?)
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
Height: 36.2 cm (14 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.7768
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionStatuette of a standing goddess, probably Persephone or Hera, wearing a crenulated headdress and disc earrings, and holding a pomegranate in left hand. Shallow, plank-like body. Remains of paint: white slip over the front; black and red patterns on the peplos and headdress; black for the hair, eyebrows and eyes; red for the lips and cheeks.
Broken in two at the neck.
Broken in two at the neck.
ProvenanceBy 1901, Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860- d. 1928), London [see note]; 1901, sold by E. P. Warren to the MFA. (Accession date: December 1, 1901)
Note: according to E. P. Warren’s records, it was bought in Athens.
Note: according to E. P. Warren’s records, it was bought in Athens.