Terracotta Veiled Figure

Terracotta Veiled Figure

Description:

Upper part of moulded terracotta female figure; right hand on breast; hair curled over forehead and covered by veil with tresses falling to shoulders; wearing necklace and ear caps with long tassles; flat back; traces of red paint on garment and face; traces black paint on hair; lower part reconstructed.


Dimensions: Height: 15 centimetres max ; Thickness: 4.60 centimetres; Width: 9.10 centimetres


Object Type: figure


Techniques: painted; moulded

Period:

Archaic

Date:

750 - 475 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.895