Terracotta figurine of a standing female votary holding a box
Unknown
4th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art
The figure is slender and lissome, with high breasts, clearly representing a young woman. The right arm is at the side, the hand grasping a long fold of drapery. Her left arm supports from beneath an open rectangular casket, showing within a row of four rings, possibly representing a wreath of flowers.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 4th century BCE
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Culture
- Cypriot
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
