A BOEOTIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A WOMAN DANCING, standing on a semicircular spool-shaped base, stepping forward with her left leg crossed in front of her right, her left hand pulling her drapery in towards her hip, her right hand raised to her breast, wearing a chiton and a himation which is drawn around her and over her head, her hair is parted in the middle, swept back at the sides and dressed in a chignon above, large rectangular vent, repaired, circa 350 B.C. | Christie's

Lot 96

A BOEOTIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A WOMAN DANCING, standing on a semicircular spool-shaped base, stepping forward with her left leg crossed in front of her right, her left hand pulling her drapery in towards her hip, her right hand raised to her breast, wearing a chiton and a himation which is drawn around her and over her head, her hair is parted in the middle, swept back at the sides and dressed in a chignon above, large rectangular vent, repaired, circa 350 B.C.

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A BOEOTIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A WOMAN DANCING, standing on a semicircular spool-shaped base, stepping forward with her left leg crossed in front of her right, her left hand pulling her drapery in towards her hip, her right hand raised to her breast, wearing a chiton and a himation which is drawn around her and over her head, her hair is parted in the middle, swept back at the sides and dressed in a chignon above, large rectangular vent, repaired, circa 350 B.C.
10 1/8in. (25.7cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. R. Higgins, Catalogue of Terracottas in the British Musuem, I, London, 1969, pp. 236-237, pls. 127-128, nos. 881-882, 884-886 for similar figures performing the so-called Mantle Dance

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