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| Enthroned Female Statuette (about 500-450 BC) Medma Terracotta, orange-red refined clay, mold-made, finished with a stick Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Reggio Calabria, inv. 1127 [Cat. no. 31] |
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Enthroned Female Statuette
This small votive statue is typical of those produced in abundance in Magna Graecia. This small seated figure is likely a goddess. She would have been venerated by a local inhabitant of Medma, the city in Reggio Calabria, from where she comes.A suppliant would have purchased this small, mold-made terracotta likeness of the goddess and offered it in her sanctuary. It would have stood as a thank-offering for blessings received or as a gesture of supplication in the hopes that blessings would be bestowed. The female sits on a regal throne with palmettes on either side of the back and lion paw feet. Her coiffure is elaborate, and she is finely dressed, wearing earrings and holding what may be a small jewel box. Her visage is divinely serene with almond-shaped eyes and a slight smile.
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