Terracotta statuette of a woman
Object type: Statuette of standing draped woman leaning on a column
Department: Greek and Roman Art
Culture: Greek, probably Boeotian
Period: Hellenistic
Date: 3rd century BCE
Medium: Terracotta
Fabric: difficult to read fabric.
Slip, paint: white slip, blue paint on column, red on fan, pink on flesh and drapery, gilded earrings and diadem.
Method of manufacture: moldmade.
Back, venting: back moldmade, little detail; rectangular vent from chest to hips.
Dimensions: H. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm)
Classification: Terracottas
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession year: 1917