Terracotta loom weight

Unknown

ca. 575–525 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

The geometric decoration shows a rather even balance between glazed and reserved areas. It recalls the checkerboard patterns on the shrouds depicted in Geometric representations of the prothesis (laying out of the dead). One wonders whether the pattern on the loomweight echoed, in simpler form, that of the textiles being woven.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 575–525 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Corinthian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1926