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Flat Base

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Date: 330–300 B.C.
Medium: Terracotta with polychromy
Culture: Greek (South Italian, Tarantine)
Department: Sculpture
Institution: Getty Museum

This flat, square base, part of a group with a seated poet, possibly Orpheus (76.AD.11.1), and two Sirens (76.AD.11.2 and 76.AD.11.3), serves as a pad for the foot stool of the poet. Its fabric has a reddish tone.

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