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Standing Woman Holding a Box
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Wearing peplos falling over waist band in graduated folds. Upper part plain, skirt falling in small pleats. Right arm bent with hand resting on breast. Left arm bent holding a square box. Right leg bent. Small face resting on long neck. Elaborate headdress surmounted by plain polos.
Traces of red on hair, skirt, base. Trace of blue on upper part of peplos. Large rectangular venthole. Bottom open. Broken vertically in half and repaired. Head replaced on shoulders.
Hard pale brown clay; powdery surface; remains of white slip and Egyptian blue.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Edward P. Bliss; bequeathed to Fogg Art Museum 1916.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of Edward P. Bliss
Title: Standing Woman Holding a Box
Description:
Wearing peplos falling over waist band in graduated folds.
Upper part plain, skirt falling in small pleats.
Right arm bent with hand resting on breast.
Left arm bent holding a square box.
Right leg bent.
Small face resting on long neck.
Elaborate headdress surmounted by plain polos.
Traces of red on hair, skirt, base.
Trace of blue on upper part of peplos.
Large rectangular venthole.
Bottom open.
Broken vertically in half and repaired.
Head replaced on shoulders.
Hard pale brown clay; powdery surface; remains of white slip and Egyptian blue.
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