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TITLE OF WORK: Statuette of a woman with a kithara. Terracotta

TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, statuette, terracotta with white slip and polychromy (pink, purple, red)

DATE: -200

DATE DETAILS: BC approx.

DIMENSIONS: 19.8 x 8.3 cm

COMMENTS: Twisting her body into an ecstatic pose, a woman dances while playing a lyre. Terracotta statuettes like this one were very popular in the Hellenistic period. Made in sites throughout the Greek world,

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Greece, Sicily, Italy

KEYWORDS: kithara