Lot 103
103
A LARGE BOEOTIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A WOMAN, standing on a high rectangular base, with weight on left leg, wearing a peplos with deep overfall and zig-zag folds which is drawn up over her flaring polos, the drapery of which she grasps in her right hand and pulls aside in her raised left hand, her hair dressed with tiers of side curls, large rectangular vent, repaired, circa 400 B.C.

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A LARGE BOEOTIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A WOMAN, standing on a high rectangular base, with weight on left leg, wearing a peplos with deep overfall and zig-zag folds which is drawn up over her flaring polos, the drapery of which she grasps in her right hand and pulls aside in her raised left hand, her hair dressed with tiers of side curls, large rectangular vent, repaired, circa 400 B.C.
13¼in. (33.8cm.) high

Lot Essay

The gesture of drawing the back of the peplos over her head and pulling the drapery to one side with her hand is associated with that of a bride, cf. R. A. Higgins, Tanagra and the Figurines, London, 1987, pp. 102-105, pl. 121

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