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Pillar with figures of Hekate and Horae in relief

Greek, Cyprus
Hellenistic Period
about 200–100 B.C.

Medium/Technique Terracotta
Dimensions Height (max.): 27 cm (10 5/8 in.) Diameter at bottom 11 cm (4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Robert E. Hecht, Jr.
Accession Number61.941
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsArchitectural elements

DescriptionFigures are applied to a tube; a standing female on molded pedestal with right arm behind hip, left hand holding edge of drapery. Traces of one smaller figure flanked by two considerably smaller figures. Most likely Cypriot.

Only lower half of one on right remains. moldings top and bottom.
ProvenanceBy 1961: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr. (said to come from Aspendus); gift of Robert E. Hecht, Jr. to MFA, September 20, 1961