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Terracotta statuette of a standing woman with a basket and wreath

late 5th century BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171
Weight on left leg, right knee bent. Left arm supports an open casket with legs, from which a fillet is drawn across the waist by the raised right hand (right hand may never have been fully rendered). Peplos is open down right side; hem of knee-length overfold is drawn up toward left. Head type is characteristic of this group - long wide neck with small face, elaborate wig. This wig has four rows of braid above forehead, with coiled plaits over ears. High, wide polos. High, splaying, trapezoidal base.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta statuette of a standing woman with a basket and wreath
  • Period: Classical
  • Date: late 5th century BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Boeotian
  • Medium: Terracotta
  • Dimensions: h. 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm)
  • Classification: Terracottas
  • Credit Line: Gift of Ernest Brummer, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.48.23
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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