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Large in scale with its high base and elaborate hairdo, the statuette is a good example of a common Boeotian type of the Classical period.
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Title: Terracotta statuette of a standing woman
Period: Classical
Date: ca. 450–400 BCE
Culture: Greek, Boeotian
Medium:
Terracotta
Fabric: (figurine is too dirty to read fabric).
Slip, paint: white slip, red paint on chest.
Method of manufacture: moldmade, hollow; head also hollow, molded separately. Base in one mold with torso.
Back, venting: back handmade, flattened. Very large rectangular ("open door") vent from chest to base.
Dimensions: H. 13 11/16 in. (34.7 cm)
Classification: Terracottas
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Richard P. Lasser, 1975
Accession Number: 1975.417
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