Terracotta Sandal Figure

Terracotta Sandal Figure

Description:

Left foot of hollow terracotta figure wearing an open-work sandal; hand-made with moulded details; the foot sits on a low plinth; orange clay with white inclusions, covered with a buff-cream slip: details of the sandal are painted in black with straps tied in a bow at the junction of foot and ankle.


Dimensions: Height: 12.50 centimetres max ; Length: 12.70 centimetres; Width: 7.50 centimetres; Depth: 13 centimetres


Object Type: figure


Series: Proto-Cypriot (?)


Techniques: painted; handmade; moulded

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

650 - 550 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Salamis (Cyprus)

Accession Number:

1909,0310.126