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Girl wearing a wreath of leaves and fruit
Greek
Early Hellenistic Period
3rd century B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Boiotia, Tanagra
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
12.9 cm (5 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.7856
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionGirl standing, wearing heavy round wreath of leaves and fruit, with fillet hanging on each shoulder. Brown on hair; red on wreath; blue on leaves; red-brown on fillet-ends; flesh-color on face and neck; black on eyes; red on lips; blue on chiton; pink and blue on himation.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Paris: said (& truly) to be from Aegina).; purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, December 1901