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Painted Figurine (about 250-200 BC)
Taranto, Via Tito Livio
Terracotta, white slip, mold-made, finished with a stick, painted
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Taranto, inv. 51675
[Cat. no. 22]

Painted Figurine (about 250-200 BC)

In contrast to the seated divinity, this lively terracotta comes from a child's tomb and likely served a special protective function. Its playful quality belies the unfortunate situation for which it was created. There is a great deal of original paint remaining on the figure. She wears a blue himation (hy-may-shun) draped over her right shoulder and over her left arm. Her brown hair is gathered in a chignon at her neck and she wears ivy in her hair. Her pose suggests that she is dancing. She bends her right leg at the knee and crosses it in front of her left, leaning into her movement as she raises a bunch of grapes in her right hand while crossing her left arm behind her back. She is but one of a series of small, lively female figures found from a child's tomb.

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