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Tanagra terracotta draped female figure
Hellenistic. c. 3rd century BC
The figure stands in typically relaxed pose with left leg slightly forward, her weight into her right hip which pushes forward. Depicted wearing a chiton and himation
wrapped tightly around her, hands hidden beneath the folds, the cloak draped over her extended left arm her right hand resting on her hip. Her centrally parted hair
swept up into a bow knot and back, to be tied in chignon. A circular vent hole between the shoulders.
This comes with a thermoluminescence test report from Oxford Authentication confirming its antiquity.
Height: 17 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Michael Walz, UK, acquired late 1960s-70s
Literature:
Named for the cemetery in Boeotia where they were first identified, it has been suggested these Tanagra figures may have been inspired by theatrical productions
where women played on the stage. Alternatively, they have been thought to portray ladies of fashion. For the type and a discussion see Robert S. Bianchi et al,
'Cleopatra's Egypt. Age of the Ptolemies' (Brooklyn, 1988) pp. 220-221, cats. 112-114.