ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Statuette of a Goddess
Place CreatedGreece, Europe
CultureGreek, Boeotian
PeriodArchaic
Dateearly 6th century BCE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineCarlos Collection of Ancient Art
Dimensions8 3/16 x 2 1/4 in. (20.8 x 5.7 cm)
Object number1986.009.007
Label TextFlat-bodied, plank-shaped ceramic figures like this were produced in Boeotia in the 6th century BCE and have primarily been found in graves. This example is typical of those made in the second quarter of the century, with a bird-like face, and applied hair, which falls onto the shoulders to either side of the face. The figure wears a necklace with a pomegranate pendant and a chest ornament composed of horiztonal bands with a central band of zigzags and hatched triangles over a long garment bordered with a horizontal stripe. The striped headdress (polos) and volute indicate that the figure is likely a goddess, perhaps Demeter or Persephone. 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
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - April 28, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present
Published ReferencesOdyssey of an Art Collector: Unity in Diversity, 5000 Years of Art (New Orleans: Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, 1966), 141, number 15.
ProvenanceEx 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
On viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
mid 6th Century BCE
mid 6th century BCE
550-500 BCE
early 6th Century BCE
early 6th Century BCE
530-525 BCE
mid 5th Century BCE
3300-3000 BCE
3300-3000 BCE
4000-3100 BCE
ca. 1000-1470 CE
