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Statuette of a Goddess
Greek; BoeotiaLinkedCulture matchlcp-00cc3957ee47
- Date
- 600-580 BCE
- Medium
- terracotta
- Culture
- Dhodhóni
- Department
- Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 13981
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
This terracotta sculpture was fashioned from locally abundant clay in Boeotia, situated to the northwest of Athens. The standing female wears a tall headdress and a painted necklace with a pomegranate pendant, which suggests that she depicts either Demeter or Persephone, goddesses of the harvest and agricultural fertility, respectively. Statuettes like this one were created in great numbers, probably as gifts to the gods or to be placed in graves.
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- Credit line
- George W. Sheldon Fund
- Provenance
- George Vomvilas; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1924.
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- Object type
- AAT300301253
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