White Painted Figurine

Terracotta female figurine; hand-made; naked but wearing a turban-like headdress composed of an applied zig-zag of clay with ring above; the large elongated ears are pierced; eyes and mouth rendered as simple incisions; arms (now missing) originally outstreched; prominent knees high up the legs; outstretching feet, surviving left foot with incised details; made of buff clay with creamy-white slip; red painted zig-zag decoration on front and back.

Dimensions: Height: 13.30 centimetres

Object Type: figurine

Ware: White Painted Ware

Techniques: painted; pierced; applied; handmade

Middle Bronze Age I

1876,0909.87