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THBGreek Tanagra Polychrome Standing Woman Figure
Lot 14
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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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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine art, much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine art, much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Greece, Tanagra, Boeotia, ca. 4th century BCE. An evocative example of this famous ceramic type, this sculpture depicts a standing woman draped in a heavy himation over a chiton that wraps sensuously around her slender body and falls to the floor, covering all but the tips of her feet at the bottom, while a single breast and shoulder are exposed on her upper body. The chiton has a generous hemline that billows and pools at the bottom of the skirt. The woman has her hair in a tight bun at the back of her head, with a distinctive crown-like headdress that seems composed of applied, leaf-shaped items. Her face is depicted gazing downward, her neck tilted slightly. Excellent pigment remains, giving us an idea of the original coloring of the figure - red at her lips, a dusky pink on her himation, deep red on her hair, and white on her face and much of her clothing. Size: 2.95" W x 7.95" H (7.5 cm x 20.2 cm)
Terracotta figures like this one have been found in private dwellings where they may have been part of a shrine or had a religious purpose. Others decorate tombs and sanctuaries. In Tanagra, the site that this style of figure is named for, some of the over 10,000 graves found there have up to a dozen of these statuettes. Perhaps they represented mourners, dressed in finery to attend a funeral.
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection
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#140429Repaired at neck and center of body. Repairs are very well done and difficult to see. Small areas of overpainting around neck repair. Very nice remaining pigment.Condition
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