Terracotta Female Plaque

Terracotta Female Plaque

Description:

Terracotta female figure plaque with right arm across chest, held to the breast, left arm against side. Almond shaped eyes and full lips on a round face. Head, chest, right and part of left arm. Typical figure type of a woman with double necklace and pendant worn below a collar at the neck. Long flowing hair or wig (with garment drawn over the hair?) and earrings (?). Cypriot clay pressed into one-piece mould. Buff fabric with sand inclusions.


Dimensions: Height: 13.40 centimetres


Object Type: figure; plaque


Techniques: mould-made

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

620 - 550 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Sanctuary of Aphrodite (Naukratis) (likely)

Accession Number:

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