A BOEOTIAN PAINTED TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A DANCING GIRL HOLDING A TYMPANUM
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A BOEOTIAN PAINTED TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A DANCING GIRL HOLDING A TYMPANUM

4TH CENTURY B.C.

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A BOEOTIAN PAINTED TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A DANCING GIRL HOLDING A TYMPANUM
4TH CENTURY B.C.
The diaphanously draped figure wearing a high veil which covers the lower part of her face, she dances with her left leg in front of the right, a tympanum held in her extended left hand emerging from the folds of her costume, the red painted pedestal decorated with a relief scene of two winged(?) beasts attacking an animal, large rectangular vent hole at back
9½ in. (24 cm.) high
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