Epona(?) Seated on a Donkey
323-31 BCE
Description
Goddess sitting side saddle, wrapped in a shawl. Little modeling and crude execution. Donkey is better executed, walking with left hind leg and foreleg forward. Traces of brown on donkey and skirt, red on saddle, harness, skirt, background and Epona's hair. Back is unmodeled with a round vent hole. Base and back have been repaired and the front half of the donkey's face is missing. (4th from left in photograph) Traces of red and blue pigment.
Dimensions
10.1 x 6.7 cm (4 x 2 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Joseph C. Hoppin; bequeathed to Fogg Art Museum, 1925.
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