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The statuette, which appears to have been made from the same mold as another in the collection, is of a youth seated on a rock and wearing a chlamys (mantle) and a hat. This example preserves some of the original surface and traces of polychromy.
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Title: Terracotta youth
Period: Hellenistic
Date: ca. 330–300 BCE
Culture: Greek, probably Boeotian
Medium:
Terracotta
Dimensions: H. 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)
Classification: Terracottas
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906
Accession Number: 06.1118
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