CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.

This young girl, wearing a plain tunic tied high on her chest and holding an egg in her right hand, was probably a votive statue dedicated at a temple or sanctuary for her continued health. Commonly found in Etruria and Cyrpus, these statues of seated children, usually clutching toys, are found in terracotta or bronze. For a bronze example see Dr. Francesco Buranelli, The Etruscans Legacy of a Lost Civilization, Memphis, 1992, p. 87, no. 44.