Standing Female
Primary
Unknown Greek
NationalityGreek, Europe
Date3rd century BCE
MediumTerracotta
DimensionsOverall: 10 3/4 × 3 × 2 1/2 in. (27.3 × 7.6 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Purchase as a gift of Dennis R. and Elmer Kapp, 1984.102
Rights Statement
Collection AreaAntiquities
Object number1984.102
On View
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Known as “Tanagra figurines” after the site in Boeotia in central Greece, mold-made female statuettes like this were widely popular in the Hellenistic period. Many of them had funerary purposes, which is reflected in their appearance as decoration on South Italian vases placed in tombs. The oinochoe to the right shows a similar figure on top.
