Lot 101
101
A LARGE BOEOTIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A WOMAN, standing on high base, with right leg slightly flexed, arms held at her sides, wearing a pleated peplos with overfall, her hair is parted in the middle and drawn back at the sides, bound behind in a sakkos, large rectangular vent, repaired, circa 450 B.C.

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A LARGE BOEOTIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A WOMAN, standing on high base, with right leg slightly flexed, arms held at her sides, wearing a pleated peplos with overfall, her hair is parted in the middle and drawn back at the sides, bound behind in a sakkos, large rectangular vent, repaired, circa 450 B.C.
14in. (35.6cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. R. A. Higgins, Catlogue of Terracottas in the British Museum, i, London, 1969, pp. 179-180, pl. 88, nos. 673-674 for similar examples from Attica where this type originated

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