Caption

Figurine of a woman. A girl sitting in a chair is dressed in a soft white chiton over which a blue, in places lilac, cloak is thrown, opening 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, 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 terracotta figure wearing a draped garment with visible folds, shown from front with a slightly tilted head and a neutral facial expression; the hair is styled up and topped with a wrapped band and a small knot, and the hands rest lightly on the lap and beside the knee; the seat is a simple block with a padded cushion area; the surface shows worn paint and weathered texture with colors including muted beige, gray, brown, blue, and traces of yellow and reddish tones.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A19_002

License type

Rights managed

Available size

68.2Mb (2.3Mb) / 13.2in x 20.0in / 3971 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Figurine woman girl sitting chair dressed soft white chiton blue places lilac cloak thrown opening 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 terracotta figure wearing draped garment visible folds shown slightly tilted head neutral facial expression hair styled up topped wrapped band small knot hands rest lightly lap beside knee seat simple block padded cushion area surface worn paint weathered texture colors muted beige gray brown traces yellow reddish tones.