Limestone Woman Statuette

Limestone Woman Statuette

Description:

Head of a limestone statuette of a woman originally wearing kalathos headdress (now lost, though traces survive showing it was painted black) and pendent earrings (painted yellow), probably an image of a deity, votary or priestess wavy hair; red, black and yellow painted detail.


Dimensions: Height: 2.50 centimetres max


Object Type: statuette


Techniques: painted

Period:

Classical

Date:

500 - 400 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Found/Acquired: Idalion (?)

Found/Acquired: Golgoi (?)

Sanctuary of Artemis Paralia (?)

Accession Number:

1866,0101.312