Greek statuette of a woman doing the mantle dance, Boeotia, mid 4th century
Terracotta
Height: 22cm
10388
Further images
The dancer is shown wearing a thick chiton, the himation wrapped around her head, her entire body enveloped except for her eyes, nose, and shoes, which peep out from under...
The dancer is shown wearing a thick chiton, the himation wrapped around her head, her entire body enveloped except for her eyes, nose, and shoes, which peep out from under the hem. She carries her weight on her left leg, the right crossed behind. Integral base decorated with winged animals and two lion feet in relief. A large rectangular vent on the back.
A break across the ankles restored, an area touched in over the protruding knee, a loss to the drapery lower front right, the surface of the raised left hand touched in.
A break across the ankles restored, an area touched in over the protruding knee, a loss to the drapery lower front right, the surface of the raised left hand touched in.
Provenance
S. Matantos, London, UK; acquired 1950s-1960sRichard Philp, London, UK
L. Timmermans, Kessel, Germany; acquired 14th March 1995
Exhibitions
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, UK, 12th October-30th November 1968Literature
Compare R.A. Higgins, Catalogue of Terracottas in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Vol.I (London, 1954), p.127, no.881Publications
Ancient Life in Miniature, an Exhibition of Classical Terracottas from Private Collections in England, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 12th October-30th November (Birmingham, 1968), pl.17, no.84Sotheby's, London, Antiquities, 8th December 1994, lot 183
