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THBGraceful Greek Tanagra Pottery Female Votive Figure
Lot 14a
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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2018-11-08 10:00:00
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- Lot Description
Central Greece, Boeotia, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE. An expertly rendered, hollow-cast female figure with a delicately modeled face, wavy locks pulled back from her face to a high bun, and presenting a standing yet dynamic dance-like pose with bent limbs and her head cocked to one side. Her body is elegantly draped in a voluminous himation over her chiton. A beautiful example with nice remains of original white slip. Similar examples may be found in Reynold Higgins' "Tanagra and the Figurines" (Princeton University Press, 1987). Figures like this example would have been taken to temples and placed as votive offerings. Size: 7.25" H (18.4 cm); 8.125" H (20.6 cm) on included custom stand.
Tanagras are named after the site in Boeotia, central Greece, where thousands of similar figures were unearthed in the early 1870s. Figures of men, children, and comic actors were also found at Tanagra, but standing female figures are the most numerous. The chief appeal of Tanagra figures lies in their exceptional artistic quality usually considered to be the finest of all Greek figurines. The ladies are normally depicted in casual poses and their clothes, which usually consist of a thinner undergarment, the chiton, worn beneath a thicker cloak or himation, are typically pulled and twisted in pleasing patterns which emphasize the form of the figure beneath. Most Tanagra figures are mold made and sometimes have a vent cut in the back to ensure even distribution of heat in the firing. After firing, the figure was coated in a white slip, often a solution of chalk or white clay, and then colors were added on top. The artists who produced these figures were known as coroplasts, literally 'modelers of girls.'
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection
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#137831Head has been reattached; some archaeological encrustation to body with some original pigment remaining.Condition
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