Woman in long chiton dancing

Unknown (Greek)

Item type:

sculpture

Date of creation:

2nd-3rd century BCE

Height:

22.7 cm  (8 15/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

terracotta

Place of creation:

Mírina

School:

Hellenistic

Description

Text from museum website:
Statuette of a draped woman. She is standing with her left leg stepped forward. Her arms are extended to the left; she looks like she is dancing. She is dressed in a long chiton, with overfold open down to the right side and fastened on the left shoulder with a button. She has her hair tied behind and arranged in a row of curls above her forehead; she is wearing a crown (stephane) and earrings. This figure is dressed and posed as the group of flying Nikai from Myrina, but she doesn't have any wings. She has a hang-hole on the back for suspension.
Missing: feet, end of thumb, first two fingers and end of little fingers of left hand; first and fourth fingers of right hand.
Traces of black on stephane.
Red clay.

Iconclass

43C912
woman dancing alone
41D2
clothes, costume

RIdIM images

Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

5957