A LARGE BOEOTIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A WOMAN, standing on high base with weight on right leg, wearing a peplos with long overfall and a himation draped around her shoulders and over her bent arms, her left hand drawing the corner of the drapery in front of her, in her right hand she holds ears of corn, berries and a phiale, her hair is dressed in an elaborate coiffure with three tiers of tight curls below a plaited coil with ringlets to the side, surmounted by a wreath, hair painted red with traces of red bands on base, large rectangular vent, repaired, circa 400 B.C.

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A LARGE BOEOTIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A WOMAN, standing on high base with weight on right leg, wearing a peplos with long overfall and a himation draped around her shoulders and over her bent arms, her left hand drawing the corner of the drapery in front of her, in her right hand she holds ears of corn, berries and a phiale, her hair is dressed in an elaborate coiffure with three tiers of tight curls below a plaited coil with ringlets to the side, surmounted by a wreath, hair painted red with traces of red bands on base, large rectangular vent, repaired, circa 400 B.C.
13 7/8in. (35cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. R. A. Higgins, Catalogue of Terracottas in the British Museum, I, London, 1969, pp. 225-229, pls. 117-119, nos. 846-861

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