ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Statuette of a Seated Goddess
Place CreatedGreece, Europe
CultureGreek, Boeotian
PeriodArchaic
Date530-525 BCE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineCarlos Collection of Ancient Art
Dimensions4 1/4 x 12 1/16 x 5 3/16 in. (10.8 x 30.7 x 13.2 cm)
Object number1986.009.008
Label TextFlat-bodied, plank-shaped ceramic figures were produced in Boeotia in the 6th century BCE. Seated figures with mold made heads such as this followed Attic prototypes and probably depict goddesses, either Demeter or Persephone, as indicated by the headdress (polos). The figure wears an applied s-shaped chest ornamented secured at either shoulder. Two applied rosettes adorn the chest. The arms are hand-modeled and rest on the figure's knees.Exhibition HistoryOdyssey of an Art Collector: Unity in Diversity, 5000 Years of Art, Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 11, 1966 - January 8, 1967
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11,1993 - May 2004
Published ReferencesOdyssey of an Art Collector: Unity in Diversity, 5000 Years of Art (New Orleans: Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, 1966), 141, number 17.
Terms
ProvenanceWith Heidi Vollmoeller (1916-2004), Zurich, Switzerland. Ex coll. Elizabeth (1928-2018) and Frederick (1905-1992) Stafford, New York and Paris, by 1966. Purchased by Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology from Safani Gallery, New York, New York.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
early 6th century BCE
mid 6th century BCE
early 6th Century BCE
mid 6th Century BCE
550-500 BCE
early 6th Century BCE
mid 5th Century BCE
2300-2100 BCE
305-30 BCE
305-30 BCE
ca. 6th-7th Century CE
ca. 2500-2400 BCE
