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Woman standing
Greek
Hellenistic Period
Place of Manufacture: Egypt, Alexandria
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
20.4 cm (8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.7863
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionStanding woman with very long neck and large head; a stephane with flowers. Red-brown on hair and stephane; white on flesh and chiton; pink on himation. Base does not seem to belong. Missing: right foot, and some of flowers.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Paris: said (& truly) to be from Alexandria.); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, December 1901