Female Terracotta Figurine Fragment in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2011

Title: Terracotta fragment of the upper body of a woman

Medium; Technique: Terracotta

Culture: Greek, South Italian, Tarentine

Period: Classical

Date: 4th century B.C.

Dimensions: H. 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)

Classification: Terracottas

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1910

Accession Number: 10.210.76

Description:

This is a fine fragment of a type that shows a standing full-length figure, her garment coming to a V at the neck, her hair bound in a broad fillet that falls to her shoulders, and her ears embellished with large earrings.

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