Terracotta Toy Figurine

Terracotta Toy Figurine

Description:

Painted terracotta figurine of an anteater or a boar/pig, perhaps a toy; hand-made; solid body with small rectangular legs; very long face and snout with small ears; made of buff gritty clay.


Dimensions: Height: 4.80 centimetres; Length: 10.20 centimetres


Object Type: figure; toy


Techniques: painted; handmade

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 500 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Amathus

Accession Number:

1894,1101.571