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Girls playing Ephedrismos

Greek
Early Hellenistic Period
late 4th–early 3rd century B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Corinthia, Corinth

Medium/Technique Terracotta
Dimensions Overall: 24.8 x 11 cm (9 3/4 x 4 5/16 in.)
Width of Base: 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession Number03.894
ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionEphedrismos group. A woman in a double, girdled, short-sleeved chiton, with hair parted in the middle, strides to left carrying on her back another woman similarly dressed who wears a sakkos. Base restored.
ProvenanceBy 1903: with Edward Perry Warren (according to his records: Said Corinthian); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, March 24, 1903