Terracotta Artemis Figure

Terracotta Artemis Figure

Description:

Head of terracotta figure of Artemis(?) wearing kalathos ornamented with ivy-wreath, flowers, sphinxes and dentates (right side lost); rosette earrings; traces of white slip.


Dimensions: Height: 17 centimetres max


Object Type: figure


Techniques: slipped

Period:

Classical

Date:

400 - 300 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Sanctuary of Artemis Paralia

Accession Number:

1866,0101.171