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Standing Draped Woman
Greek, East Greek
Hellenistic Period
late second to early first century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
13.4 cm (5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.7725
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Burr, Terra-cottas from Myrina (MFA), no. 078.
DescriptionStatuette of a draped standing girl or young woman. She is having her left foot to the side and she has her weight on her right. With her right hand she holds her himation from the inside close to her chest. Her left hand is holding the himation from the inside, close to her left hip. She is wearing a chiton and an himation over it wrapped around her body and shoulders; she has her hair tight behind in a knot and on her head she is wearing a broad fillet. She also wears earrings in her ears.
She is stepping on a thin rectangular plinth. The figure belongs to the group of draped women who were found in graves and were the companions of the deceased.
Her head is mended. Part of the plinth is missing. Traces of black on fillet.
Reddish-yellow clay.
She is stepping on a thin rectangular plinth. The figure belongs to the group of draped women who were found in graves and were the companions of the deceased.
Her head is mended. Part of the plinth is missing. Traces of black on fillet.
Reddish-yellow clay.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Myrina, from the Metaxas Collection in Athens); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901