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Seated dancer
early Byzantine
Early Byzantine Period
late 4th century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Silver with gold details
Dimensions
Height: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Frederick Brown Fund
Accession Number69.72
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionSeated female dancer putting on her right slipper. She sits on a stool that is set on a rectangular base with lion headed supports. Her hair is braided and wrapped up around her head. Gilded details include: Hair, sleeve-cuffs and belt of short chiton, bracelets, slippers, top and lower rim of hassock, lion-head corner supports of base. Hollow cast.
Clothing Details: she wears a chitoniskos, a short version of the traditional long chiton, which is hitched up by a belt and worn knee length or above and usually worn by young girls and athletes. The ovals on her shoulders are the openings were the two pieces are held together. The wide, short chiton/tunic falls over the shoulders and end at the line of her armlets; she is also wearing bracelets articulated by gilding.
Clothing Details: she wears a chitoniskos, a short version of the traditional long chiton, which is hitched up by a belt and worn knee length or above and usually worn by young girls and athletes. The ovals on her shoulders are the openings were the two pieces are held together. The wide, short chiton/tunic falls over the shoulders and end at the line of her armlets; she is also wearing bracelets articulated by gilding.
ProvenanceBy 1968: with Mathias Komor, 19 East 71st Street, New York 21 (said to be from East Greece); purchased by MFA from Mathias Komor, May 14, 1969