Little Girl Seated on a Goose
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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