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Figurine of a girl playing knucklebones
Greek
Late Classical or Early Hellenistic Period
4th century B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Boiotia, Tanagra
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
Height: 12.3 cm (4 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.7799
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionGirl playing astragals. Clad in long, close-fitting chiton; carries a bag in the left hand. Owing to disappearance of color the figure seems nude from the waist up. Traces of white slip. The blue on the garment is modern. Missing: fingers and end of thumb of right hand.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Paris.); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warrren, December 1901