Terracotta Female Figure

Terracotta Female Figure

Description:

Upper part of terracotta female figure, probaly a votary or perhaps a deity; solid, hand-made body with moulded face and applied pellet breasts; columnar body preserved only from the waist up; the left arm is held under the breats, the right is by the side; the head is crudely rendered but weras a cap or fillet; buff clay, surface worn.


Dimensions: Height: 9.10 centimetres max


Object Type: figure


Techniques: applied; handmade; moulded

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 500 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Lapithos (near)

Accession Number:

1900,0903.3