Seated Girl
323-31 BCE
Description
Smiling girl seated on a rock, legs spread and planted firmly on the ground. She is wearing a high belted chiton and himation. Melon type coiffure, flat, square plinth, with an irregular square vent hole on the sparsely modeled back. (Left-hand figure in photograph). Hard, pale brown clay; traces of white slip and blue pigment.
Dimensions
11.3 x 8 cm (4 7/16 x 3 1/8 in.) Base: 7.2 x 6.9 cm (2 13/16 x 2 11/16 in.)
Provenance
Edward P. Bliss; bequeathed to Fogg Art Museum, 1916.
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