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Accession_Number 25.8.7
Shape Figurine
Shape_description
Material Terracotta
Fabric Perhaps Attic
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 7.5YR 4/0
Decoration Seated woman (or goddess). Hollow. Back flat, slightly tilted. Clay fired to dark grey. White slip all over. Pink on hair, lips, chiton, yellow on cloak.
Inscriptions
Condition Complete but not intact. Can see the join on the inside of the figurine. Lots of flaking on the surface of the figurine, and evidence of white deposit around the face and feet, as well as down the side of the left leg.
Technique/Style
Provenance Said to have come from Chalcis
Period
Date 450
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Front view of seated female figurine.

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Side view of seated female figurine, leaning backwards slightly.

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Back view of seated female figurine.

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Right side view of seated female figurine, slightly blackened.
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height H. 10.8
Diameters Diam. 4.3
Handle_height
Other_dims. L of base. 5.6
Location 3.2.4
Edited_by Georgina. Joana Varela; Jayne
Date_edited 29.08.2002; 05/04/2017; 11.05.22
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