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Seated Girl

Seated Girl

SculptureGreek4th-1st century BCE

Seated Girl

323-31 BCE

Description

A little girl dressed in a high-belted, short-sleeved chiton, sitting on a stool. Right arm bent and held at waist. Left arm pendant with hand on left thigh. Legs slightly apart with feet resting squarely on ground. Hair is short, curly, parted in the center and holds a wreath. Back is unmodeled and has a large rectangular vent hole. Head was broken off and replaced, may not be original to body. (Far right in photograph) Fairly hard pink clay; remains of white slip.

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Mold-made

Medium

Terracotta, remains of white slip

Culture

Greek

Period

Hellenistic period

Century

4th-1st century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

10.2 x 4.7 cm (4 x 1 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Mr. & Mrs. William de Forest Thomson; gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1919.

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