SculptureGreek4th-1st century BCE

Little Girl Seated on a Goose

330-30 BCE

Description

Female figure seated on back of goose whose head is turned in profile. Legs appearing to either side of animal. Figure draped in some kind of garment. Right arm bent with right hand on head of goose. Left hand resting on left knee. Head thrown forward. Prominent chin, eyes incised. Short hair parted in center and surmounted by low polos. Back unmodelled. Bottom open. No vent hole. Head broken off and repaired. (2nd from left in photograph) Soft orangish-pink clay, front surface grey with traces of white slip and Egyptian blue showing.

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Mold-made

Medium

Terracotta, traces of paint

Culture

Greek

Period

Hellenistic period

Century

4th-1st century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

8.5 x 4.2 cm (3 3/8 x 1 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

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