Terracotta figurine of a girl throwing dice. Figurine of a crouching girl throwing dice: weight of the body rests on the left leg bent at a right angle. Dressed in a long, finely pleated, sleeveless chiton. Hair tied in a bun and bound with a wide headband kredemnos. Earring visible in the left ear. Entire figurine rests on a rectangular base. Preservation: missing the right arm; glued in several places head; left arm from 2 fragments; robe; base from 3 fragments. Part of the base filled with clay and plaster. Date: 4th–3rd century BC. Place of origin: Tanagra Greece. Material/type: terracotta mold figurine, Tanagrian style. Dimensions: height 13 cm, width 9 cm, depth 4.5 cm., A small carved figure of a person seated on a rectangular base, shown against a plain gray background; the figure wears draped clothing with visible folds and has hair pulled back into a bun, with traces of reddish-brown and pale beige pigments across the surface and areas of worn white and gray; the sculpture sh...
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Terracotta figurine of a girl throwing dice. Figurine of a crouching girl throwing dice: weight of the body rests on the left leg bent at a right angle. Dressed in a long, finely pleated, sleeveless chiton. Hair tied in a bun and bound with a wide headband kredemnos. Earring visible in the left ear. Entire figurine rests on a rectangular base. Preservation: missing the right arm; glued in several places head; left arm from 2 fragments; robe; base from 3 fragments. Part of the base filled with clay and plaster. Date: 4th–3rd century BC. Place of origin: Tanagra Greece. Material/type: terracotta mold figurine, Tanagrian style. Dimensions: height 13 cm, width 9 cm, depth 4.5 cm., A small carved figure of a person seated on a rectangular base, shown against a plain gray background; the figure wears draped clothing with visible folds and has hair pulled back into a bun, with traces of reddish-brown and pale beige pigments across the surface and areas of worn white and gray; the sculpture shows surface cracks and chips revealing underlying earthy brown and tan tones, and the base has a muted terracotta color with a faint reflection below.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Terracotta figurine girl throwing dice Figurine crouching girl weight body rests left leg bent right angle Dressed long finely pleated sleeveless chiton Hair tied bun bound wide headband kredemnos Earring visible left ear Entire figurine rests rectangular base Preservation missing right arm glued several places head left arm 2 fragments robe base 3 fragments Part base filled clay plaster Date 4th–3rd century BC Place origin Tanagra Greece Material type terracotta mold figurine Tanagrian style Dimensions height 13 cm width 9 cm depth 4.5 cm small carved figure person seated shown plain gray background wears draped clothing visible folds hair pulled back traces reddish-brown pale beige pigments across surface areas worn white gray sculpture surface cracks chips revealing underlying earthy brown tan tones muted terracotta color faint reflection .

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