Terracotta statuette of a standing woman with a basket and wreath

Terracotta statuette of a standing woman with a basket and wreath

Terracotta statuette of a standing woman with a basket and wreath. Culture: Greek, Boeotian. Dimensions: h. 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm). Date: late 5th century B.C.. Weight on left leg, right knee bent. Left arm supports an open casket with legs, from which a fillet is drawn across the waist by the raised right hand (right hand may never have been fully rendered). Peplos is open down right side; hem of knee-length overfold is drawn up toward left. Head type is characteristic of this group - long wide neck with small face, elaborate wig. This wig has four rows of braid above forehead, with coiled plaits over ears. High, wide polos. High, splaying, trapezoidal base.

TERRACOTTA

classical

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

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2860 x 4400 px | 36.0 MB

24.2 x 37.3 cm | 9.5 x 14.7 in (300 dpi)