Terracotta Lyre Player Figurine

Terracotta Lyre Player Figurine

Description:

Terracotta figurine of a female lyre player, probably a votary or a priestess; hollow, mould-made, plain back (assembly hole); she is standing frontally on a low base, with her right hand against her chest holding an indistinct object; her left arm supports upright the remains of a lyre’; head missing; she wears a long robe with many folds or pleats (feet visible), over which is a cloak draped diagonally across the body; made of thick buff clay.


Dimensions: Height: 22 centimetres


Object Type: figure


Techniques: mould-made; painted

Period:

Classical

Date:

475 - 400 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Achna (probably)

Accession Number:

2009,5019.2