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Youth holding a cock

Greek
High Classical Period
about late 5th century B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Boiotia

Medium/Technique Terracotta
Dimensions 26.6 cm (10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.7775
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionYouth, standing. Wears a himation over shoulders. Holds a cock against the left side. Covering on head, perhaps a lion skin. Dark red on back of head; lighter red on body and himation.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Paris.); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, December 1901