SculptureGreek7th century BCE

Stylized Standing Figure

7th century BCE

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Greek

Period

Orientalizing period

Century

7th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

9.5 x 3.2 cm (3 3/4 x 1 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

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