Goddess Terracotta Figurine

Goddess Terracotta Figurine

Description:

Head of a terracotta figurine of a woman, probably a goddess, wearing an elaborate calathos (basket-shaped headdress) decorated with fruit, sphinxes (?) and anthemia broken from a larger figurine or group; hollow, mould-made, back plain; she has a oval face with accentuated eyes, lips and chin; over her hair, which is brushed to each side and secured with a small X, is a cloak; from the ears hand earrings, probably of pyramidal form; made of buff clay with a cream-white surface, probably the result of firing.


Dimensions: Width: 6 centimetres max


Object Type: figurine


Techniques: mould-made

Period:

Classical

Date:

400 - 300 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Cyprus

Accession Number:

1935,0611.10