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Woman in Eastern Archaic garb
Cypriote
Archaic Period
about 460–430 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Stone; limestone
Dimensions
31.2 cm (12 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by subscription
Accession Number72.313
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone (MFA), no. 439.
DescriptionThe head and the feet, with the plinth, have been broken away; the flat, two-dimensional figure has also been broken across the thighs and rejoined. Otherwise, the surfaces are good, as described below.
The woman wears a long tunic with short sleeves and a long, tight mantle or himation with a zigzag (or lozenge) pattern painted both on the broad expanses of the garment and on the folds or borders of the carefully arranged material. She holds a situla (?) in the lowered left hand.
The woman wears a long tunic with short sleeves and a long, tight mantle or himation with a zigzag (or lozenge) pattern painted both on the broad expanses of the garment and on the folds or borders of the carefully arranged material. She holds a situla (?) in the lowered left hand.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with General Luigi Palma di Cesnola (from Cyprus); May 16, 1872: purchased by MFA from General Luigi Palma di Cesnola for
$ 1,704.39 (this figure is the total price for MFA 72.1-72.473 and 72.4871-72.4900)
$ 1,704.39 (this figure is the total price for MFA 72.1-72.473 and 72.4871-72.4900)