Limestone Standing Figure - image 1

Archaic II

Limestone Standing Figure

Lower part of limestone standing figure, probably female, broken just above waist. The figure is standing straight,arms and hands straight down beside the body, feet on a squarish base with rounded edges at the front, wearing ankle-length belted dress, toes and fingers carefully indicated, back worked quite flat and carelessly, but armes and hands carefully moulded also at back. Surface discoloured (dirty), no obvious traces of paint. Dimensions: Height: 13.10 centimetres; Width: 4.10 centimetres; Depth: 3.10 centimetres Object Type: figure Series: Nick type 2 (2.1a) Techniques: painted; carved

Date

610 - 575 BC

Accession No.

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Sanctuary of Aphrodite (Naukratis)