s5817

TITLE OF WORK: Statuette of a female dancer.

TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, statuette, terracotta with white slip (white lead) and polychromy

DATE: -300

DATE DETAILS: BC approx.

DIMENSIONS: 23.7 x 10.4 x 8.8 cm

COMMENTS: The female dancer’s left arm draws back her himation across her left hip while her right arm holds folds of the garment in front of her petit, elongated body. She extends her left leg forward; her low

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Greece, Tarentum (Taras), Italy