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Standing Draped Woman

Made By Boeotian, Greek
CultureGreek
Date300-250 BC
PeriodHellenistic
Mediumterracotta, pale orange and friable.
DimensionsOverall: 7 3/16 x 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (18.2 x 7 x 5.7 cm)
Classification(s)
  • ANCIENT
Credit LineGift of the son and daughters of Charles Bolles Bolles-Rogers, Class of 1907: Frederick Van D. Rogers, Mary Rogers Savage, and Nancy Rogers Pierson
Terms
  • woman standing
  • figurine
  • grave
Object number77.63.47
DescriptionProbably offering from Tanagra necropolis. Figure stands in contrapposto balanced on left leg and wears Knidian-type updo, many folded chiton, himation cascading over forward-bent left arm and binding right arm to chest, and pointed right shoe. matte gray-blue polychromy.
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Liz McGowan, ARTH 213, s20