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Standing Draped Woman, Possibly Aphrodite

Made By Boeotian, Greek
CultureGreek
Date350-330 BC
PeriodClassical
Mediumterracotta. Pale brown and friable.
DimensionsOverall: 8 9/16 x 2 7/8 x 1 3/4 in. (21.7 x 7.3 x 4.4 cm)
Base: 13/16 x 3 1/16 x 2 5/16 in. (2.1 x 7.7 x 5.8 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
  • drapery
  • goddess
  • figurine
  • grave
Object number77.63.46
Descriptionpolychrome in red, white, blue. Probably grave offering from Tanagra necropolis. Solid head is from bivalve mold, front of hollow remainder is from single mold, and back of remainder is handmade in one piece, unmodeled unpainted, and largely cut out to form rectangular vent. Figure stands in contrapposto balanced on left leg.
Collections
Inscribedon base, label: 74; on base in graphite: 3 [?]
On View
Not on view
Exhibitions
Teaching events
Liz McGowan, ARTH 213, s20
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