ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Statuette of a Goddess
Place CreatedBoeotia, Greece, Europe
CultureGreek, Boeotian
PeriodArchaic
Date550-500 BCE
MediumCeramic, pigment
Credit LineGift of William S. Arnett
Dimensions8 9/16 x 3 7/16 in. (21.7 x 8.7 cm)
Object number1999.002.012
Label TextFlat-bodied, plank-shaped ceramic figures with applied mold-pressed faces were produced in Boeotia from the middle of the 6th century BCE. This example preserves extensive polychromy decoration on the face and drapery, which consisted of a white ground over which was painted a central rectangular panel of vertical red stripes bordered at the top by a horiztonal band of fine red diagonal hatching across the chest and two vertical bands of red diagonal hatching to either side. Traces of red at the neck indicate a neck ornament. The face is covered with a white ground, with red for the lips, black for the eyes, eyebrows, and hair, and two red dots on the cheeks. The headdress (polos) and volute are also painted with fine red diagonal stripes, and suggest the figure may be a goddess. The polos is hollow and open at the top.Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11,1993 - May 2004
ProvenanceEx coll. William S. Arnett (1939-2020), Atlanta, Georgia, by 1984.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
mid 6th Century BCE
early 6th Century BCE
early 6th Century BCE
early 6th century BCE
ca. 6th-7th Century CE
mid 6th century BCE
305-30 BCE
ca. 1000-1470 CE
943-655 BCE
1st - 2nd century CE
