Greek statuette of a lady of fashion, Tanagra, c.330-200 BC
Terracotta
Height: 27cm
11167 TA
This figure of a young woman is moulded with a degree of stoicism in the stance, and great naturalism in the folds of the drapery. She is shown wearing a chiton with himation wrapped around her body and arms. Her left hand is on her hip, the right held underneath the drapery and across her body. Her hair is in a low chignon at the nape of her neck, a garland of vine leaves about her head. There are traces of polychrome pink and blue on a white slip ground. One leaf missing from the garland, the surface with some incrustation and dendritic staining.
Provenance
Peter and Joycelyn Mitchell, Mawallock, Australia; acquired 14th July 1981, collection ref. Gt 1.5
Publications
Sotheby's, London, Antiquities, 13th-14th July 1981, lot 312Join our mailing list
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