Terracotta Tree Group

Terracotta Tree Group

Description:

Terracotta group, hand-moulded; male figure with arms around a vertical object with forked top which appears to be a tree; figures of 2 dogs or wolves on opposite side also appear to be climbing, possibly in pursuit; trunk of 'tree' pierced by hole at level of man's head, possibly for suspension.


Dimensions: Height: 9 centimetres


Object Type: figure; model group


Techniques: handmade; pierced

Period:

Archaic

Date:

750 - 475 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Episkopi-Bamboula

Accession Number:

1896,0201.54