Figurine of a Man Cooking in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, June 2010

Figurine of a man cooking
Greek, Archaic Period, early 5th century B.C.

Place of Manufacture: Tanagra, Boiotia, Greece (said to have come from)

Dimensions: Height: 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.)

Medium or Technique: Terracotta

Classification: Sculpture

Accession Number: 97.349

Statuette of man seated, cooking. A jug rests on a pile of fagots in front of him; jug black, fagots red brown. Face and flesh of man ruddy, chlamys indicated by yellow color; yellow shoes; holds a yellow stick. Thumb of right hand missing.

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