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 |