SculptureIberian5th-2nd century BCE

Female Votive Statuette

late 5th-2nd century BCE

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Iberian

Period

Iron Age

Century

5th-2nd century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

10.1 x 2.9 x 3.1 cm (4 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/4 in.)

Provenance

National Archaeological Museum of Spain, (by 1933), by exchange; to the Fogg Art Museum. Excavated at the sanctuary site of Collado de los Jardines, Jaén, in the early 1900s. Note: In exchange for a Sepulchral slab from the Cemetery at Sahagun, Leon, Spain.

Related Artworks

Sculpture

Guardian Warrior with Mouth Closed, from the tomb sculpture set: Pair of Standing, Helmeted, Armor-Clad, Bearded Guardian Warriors

Unknown Artist, 7th cent. - early 8th cent.

Molded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments and gold leaf over white ground

7th-8th centuryChinese

Sculpture

Standing Buddhist Monk in an Attitude of Worship

Unknown Artist, second half 6th century

Gilt bronze

6th centuryChinese

Sculpture

Untitled I

Danyang Song 宋丹楊 , 2021

Wood-fired stoneware

21st centuryChinese

Sculpture

Pair of Apostles

Unidentified Maker, Copy of 11th century original.

Plaster

20th centuryGerman

Sculpture

Head from a Figurine in the Form of a Court Lady with Elaborate Coiffure

Unknown Artist, 14th-17th century

Ming "sancai" (three-color) ware: molded brick-red earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald green, black, and clear glazes over white slip, the flesh portions with golden lacquer over the glaze

14th-17th centuryChinese