SculptureGreek4th-3rd century BCE

Tanagra Style Veiled Standing Female Figure

c. 300 BCE

Classification

Sculpture

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek

Period

Hellenistic period

Century

4th-3rd century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Provenance

Aimée and Rosamond Lamb, Milton, MA (by 1955), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1955.

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