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The use of molds and the plastic medium of terracotta allowed Greek sculptors to explore variations on a theme with relative ease. Varying treatments of the head and drapery produce different effects in these two statuettes, each depicting an elegant standing woman draped in a himation (cloak) and holding a fan.
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Title: Terracotta statuette of a woman
Period: Hellenistic
Date: 3rd century BCE
Culture: Greek, Boeotian
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: H.: 10 9/16 in. (26.9 cm)
Classification: Terracottas
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906
Accession Number: 06.1088
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