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Standing draped Woman
Greek, East Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 150 B.C.
Findspot: Asia Minor, Aeolis, Myrina, estate of M.Aristide-Bey Baltazzi at Kalabassary
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
36 cm (14 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Martin Brimmer
Accession Number87.389
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Burr, Terra-cottas from Myrina (MFA), no. 095.
DescriptionStatuette of a draped woman standing. She is looking to the right, having her weight on her right leg and her left placed in front. Her right hand is placed on her hip and her left arm probably helf a fan at her left side. She is dressed in a chiton and an himation, which leaves her right shoulder exposed;her himation is carried up over her head. She has her hair arranged in two rows of curls bound by a fillet and tied with a disk over her forehead. She is wearing earrings; there is a button on her right shoulder and a ring on her thumb; she is also wearing thick-soled shoes, which are forked.
The figure is much mended. It has a hang-hole for suspension.
Red clay.
The figure is much mended. It has a hang-hole for suspension.
Red clay.
ProvenanceBefore 1887, found on the estate of Aristide Baltazzi Bey (b. 1830 - d. 1887), Kalabassary, south of Myrina, Turkey [see note 1]; 1887, sold by Baltazzi to Martin Brimmer (b. 1893 - d. 1947), Boston; 1887, gift of Brimmer to the MFA [see note 2]. (Accession date: November 1, 1887)
NOTES:
[1] According to Museum’s records.
[2] As part of a group of 29 terracottas from the same origin (MFA 87.371-87.399).
NOTES:
[1] According to Museum’s records.
[2] As part of a group of 29 terracottas from the same origin (MFA 87.371-87.399).