Terracotta Statuette of a Woman in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2010

Terracotta statuette of a woman

Period: Late Classical

Date: 4th century B.C.

Culture: Greek, probably Rhodian

Medium: Terracotta

Fabric: fairly coarse yellowish (10 YR 7/6, paler), with small dark and sparkling inclusions, voids. Method of manufacture: moldmade, hollow, head solid. Back, venting: back handmade, without detail. Irregular round vent at hip level.

Dimensions: H. 22.5 cm.

Classification: Terracottas

Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1930

Accession Number: 30.11.7

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