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Woman Holding a Fan
Greek
Classical Period
about the 5th century B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Boiotia, Tanagra
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
23.9 cm (9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.7804
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionWoman stands in same way and is draped in same way as 01.7803. Head is turned to right, hair styled in a melon coiffure. A fan in left hand. Red-brown on hair; red on the sphendone. Traces of blue and pink on the himation. White slip well preserved. Left brow and chin restored.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Paris.); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, December 1901