Standing Male Figure (Kabirion)
400-370 BCE
Description
Left leg slightly bent. Curving line of body. Chlamys over left shoulder and arm, fold held in right hand. Right arm pendant, left arm bent, holding hen (?). Elaborate Headdress. Diadem. Rectangular plinth. Crude, indistinct modelling. Traces of red. Back unmodelled. Large venthole. Bottom open. Base from mould as figure. Hard bistre clay; traces of white slip and iron oxide red.
Dimensions
19.8 x 6.3 cm (7 13/16 x 2 1/2 in.) Base: 7 x 5 cm (2 3/4 x 1 15/16 in.)
Provenance
George A. Brown; loan to Department of Classics, Harvard University. Transfer from the Department of Classics, Harvard University.
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