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.
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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