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Mother with infant twins (Tyro with Pelias and Neleus)
Greek, Tanagra
Hellenistic Period
300–250 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Boiotia, Tanagra
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
Overall: 19.5 x 10.5 x 11.5 cm (7 11/16 x 4 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.7826
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionGroup of Tyro seated, watching her twins at her feet. Red on the hair of Tyro and mantle of one of the twins. Several breaks. Open under and behind. Clay identical with 97.423 (Kos)
ProvenanceBy 1901: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Paris: said from Tanagra.); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, December 1901