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Terracotta statuette of a standing woman
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Terracotta
Fabric: (figurine is too dirty to read fabric).
Slip paint: white slip red paint on chest.
Method of manufacture: moldmade hollow; head also hollow molded separately. Base in one mold with torso.
Back venting: back handmade flattened. Very large rectangular ("open door") vent from chest to base., Classical, Greek Boeotian
Rights: Public Domain
Greek and Roman Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Richard P. Lasser 1975
Title: Terracotta statuette of a standing woman
Description:
Terracotta
Fabric: (figurine is too dirty to read fabric).
Slip paint: white slip red paint on chest.
Method of manufacture: moldmade hollow; head also hollow molded separately.
Base in one mold with torso.
Back venting: back handmade flattened.
Very large rectangular ("open door") vent from chest to base.
, Classical, Greek Boeotian.
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