Standing Woman
4th century BCE
Description
Woman wrapped in himation, revealing the form of her body. Chiton visible and falls in sharp folds. Braid of hair on each shoulder though head is missing. Square base, plain back, small oval venthole. Hard, buff-colored clay; traces of gold and blue pigment.
Dimensions
13.7 x 5.4 cm (5 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.) Base: 5.5 x 4.3 cm (2 3/16 x 1 11/16 in.)
Provenance
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
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