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A large Greek terracotta female figure
Boeotia, circa 5th Century B.C.
Standing on a high rectangular plinth, her right leg bent at the knee, wearing a peplos and a low polos over a wide, elaborate coiffure, some polychrome remaining, 15¾in (40cm) high
Boeotia, circa 5th Century B.C.
Standing on a high rectangular plinth, her right leg bent at the knee, wearing a peplos and a low polos over a wide, elaborate coiffure, some polychrome remaining, 15¾in (40cm) high
Footnotes
Provenance:
American private collection, California, acquired from Bob Willoughby in Pacific Palisades, USA, in 1965.
Literature:
For the type cf. R.A. Higgins, Catalogue of the Terracottas in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, The British Museum, 1970, no. 849.
























