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LOT 0092
Archaic Greek Terracotta Seated Goddess
5TH CENTURY B.C.
7 1/4 in. (413 grams, 18.5 cm).
Represented in the typical female attire wearing a long chiton and a polos headgear; seated upon a throne with side horns, hands upon her knees; flat back.
Provenance
Acquired in Europe before 1996.
Literature
Cf. Biers, W.R., The Archaeology of Greece, An Introduction, Ithaca-London, 1987, fig.8.63, p.263, for similar.
Footnotes
The typical 5th century B.C. terracotta female figurine was a standing or seated woman wearing a chiton and a himation. It usually represented the goddess Demeter, and it was a votive figure offered to the shrines or temples. Attica was one of the principal centres of figurine production, but Corinth continued to produce solid standing or seated females with moulded fronts and flat backs.
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