Draped Female Statuette
c. 300 BCE
Description
Intact hollow, draped female figure with weight on left leg, muffled left arm draws drapery up around torso and upper right leg. The small mold-made head is enveloped in scarf-like headcloth. There are traces of white slip in the grooves of the folds. There is a rectangular perforation with a rounded top cut into the back side.
Dimensions
15.4 x 5 x 6.4 cm (6 1/16 x 1 15/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Ex collection Professor Mason HAmmond, Pope Professor of Latin Language and Literature, Departments of the Classics and of History, Harvard University
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