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Goddess, Persephone or Aphrodite
Greek, South Italian
Early Hellenistic Period
about 300–250 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Italy, Apulia, Canosa
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
54 cm (21 1/4 in.); Legacy dimension: H: about 21 1/4" (54 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of D. Herbert Lipson, Publisher of BOSTON Magazine, Boston, Mass.
Accession Number1981.389
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionStanding figure, broad striated strap handle rising up behind head, curving over to back of shoulders. spiraliform diadem, round central ornament, "petals" at sides of face; tress over right shoulder. White slip remains of polychrome: gold necklace and armlets. lavender, pink and white draped garments. Holes for attachments on left side, large square hole in back. Has been broken and restored; cracks visible in handle; left forearm missing; fingers on right hand missing.
ProvenanceBy 1981, sold by Summa Galleries Inc., Beverly Hills, to D. Herbert Lipson, Boston; 1981, gift of Lipson to the MFA. (Accession date: October 14, 1981)