2003.100.44: Seated Statuette of a Goddess

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2003.100.44

Title

Seated Statuette of a Goddess

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

sculpture

Date

c. 500-470 BCE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia

Period

Archaic period, Late, to Early Classical

Culture

Greek

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/91877

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta, mold made

Dimensions

17.5 x 10.5 cm (6 7/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Ex collection Professor Mason Hammond, Pope Professor of Latin Language and Literature, Departments of the Classics and of History, Harvard University

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the daughters of Florence and Mason Hammond

Accession Year

2003

Object Number

2003.100.44

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

This seated female figure on throne is mold made from two pieces with a smooth back and molded front. A triangular fragment is missing from the bottom of the back, otherwise the object is intact. Made of light tan clay covered almost completely with a darker brown surface. The female figure sits in rigid frontally on a throne with her feet on a projecting foot stool. No arms are visible. Her long straight garment extends from her shoulders to her ankles. It is fastened at the shoulders by a disc shaped appliqués, a necklace with three oval objects hangs from beneath these buttons. Below this, in her lap, is a crescent-shaped object in relief flanked by two bean-shaped objects also n relief. The edges of her garment are outlined by a sharp groove and the outer edges of her garment are similarly set off from the throne. The back of the throne projects on either side and then descends to an expanded flattened area on which the figure sits. The edge of the statuette curves inward towards the base. The figure's small mold-made head features a high roll-like coiffeur with heavy locks descending to the shoulders from behind the ears. The head is surmounted by a tall cylindrical polis with flat top. From Magna Graecia.

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