Terracotta Breast-touching Figurine

Terracotta Breast-touching Figurine

Description:

Terracotta figurine of a woman with hand on her breasts, perhaps a votary, proestess or goddess; details worn; traces of red and yellow paint.


Dimensions: Height: 24.50 centimetres


Object Type: figurine


Techniques: painted

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 475 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Sanctuary of Artemis (Achna)

Accession Number:

1883,0106.38