Greek terracotta of Athena Lindia
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Object number
AR2488
| Object: |
Figure of a sitting woman
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| Material: |
Red clay with white ground coat and remaining of red pigment
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| Date: |
5th - 4th century B.C.
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| Description: |
A woman sits stiffly on a stool, her hands on her knees. She wears a peplos or a chiton. Oval face with a long nose. Hair waved across forehead and ears. Wearing a high stephane. Back flattened, with rectangular hole. Hollow. Christian Blinkenberg identified this type as Athena Lindia (see Lindos—Fouille des L’Acropole 1902–1914, I, Les Petits Objects, Berlin 1931) |
| Size: |
Height 169 mm, width 72 mm, depth 88 mm
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| Condition: |
Restored from 4 fragments. White ground coating mainly preserved, traces of red pigment preserved. Overall a very attractive piece in good condition.
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| Reference: |
R. A. Higgins, Greek Terracottas. London, 1967. Pl. 37a
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| Provenance: |
Acquired by us in 2018 from a US auction house. Ex Upstate New York collection, acquired in the 1970's.
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| Authenticity: |
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