Caption

Figurine of a woman. A girl sitting in a chair is dressed in a soft white chiton over which a blue, in some places lilac, cloak is thrown, which opens at the front. She rests her left hand on the chair cushion, while her right rests on her knees and is covered by the cloak. Her brown hair is parted at the front, combed upwards and girded. The full chair with forward-curved legs has a narrow and low backrest; the seat cushion is blue on top and red underneath. No base. Early 3rd century BC, Tanagra Greece. Terracotta figurine, height 16 cm, width 8 cm, depth 10 cm, weight 0.25 kg., A seated statue of a robed female figure with detailed drapery, showing a textured surface and worn paint in shades of beige, gray, brown, muted blue, and hints of reddish-brown on the hair and headband; the figure has curled hair pulled into a topknot, a calm facial expression, and hands resting on the lap and armrest; the robe forms flowing folds over the legs and down to the base, and the figure sits on a simple block-like seat against a plain gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A18_497

License type

Rights managed

Available size

68.2Mb (2.8Mb) / 13.2in x 20.0in / 3971 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Figurine woman girl sitting chair dressed soft white chiton blue places lilac cloak thrown opens front rests left hand chair cushion right rests knees covered brown hair parted combed upwards girded full chair forward-curved legs narrow low backrest seat cushion top red underneath No base Early 3rd century BC Tanagra Greece Terracotta figurine height 16 cm width 8 cm depth 10 cm weight 0.25 kg seated statue robed female figure detailed drapery showing textured surface worn paint shades beige gray brown muted blue hints reddish-brown hair headband figure curled hair pulled topknot calm facial expression hands resting lap armrest robe forms flowing folds legs down base figure sits simple block- seat plain gray background.