Terracotta statuette of a boy
Youth stands frontally turning head to look back over left shoulder. Chlamys is wrapped around shoulders, drops to below knees, and is held over chin. Right arm at side, left propped under chin. Long wavy hair to shoulders.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta statuette of a boy
- Period: Hellenistic
- Date: late 4th–early 3rd century BCE
- Culture: Greek, perhaps Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; Fabric: fine orange, with sparse small sparkling inclusions.
Slip, paint: white slip.
Method of manufacture: moldmade, legs added.
Back, venting: Back moldmade, plain, not vented, open under shirt. - Dimensions: H. 6 1/4 in. (15.8 cm)
- Classification: Terracottas
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906
- Object Number: 06.1064
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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3rd–2nd century BCE
1st quarter of the 5th century BCE
ca. 520–510 BCE
4th century BCE
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