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Source Description
The female figure stands holding an egge in her right hand and a sea shell in her left. She wears a himation over a chiton, and her hair is bound with a cloth (sakkos). The egg and sakkos point to Italy as a place of creation, while the clothing depicted indicates a date of the mid fifth century BCE.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
14625
label
Woman with Patera
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
14625
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Woman with Patera
description
The female figure stands holding an egge in her right hand and a sea shell in her left. She wears a himation over a chiton, and her hair is bound with a cloth (sakkos). The egg and sakkos point to Italy as a place of creation, while the clothing depicted indicates a date of the mid fifth century BCE.
provenance
Sambon Collection Sale, 1903, no. 312, pl. 12.6. Durighello Collection, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Madame Xav. Durighello Sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 12 June 1924, no. 25, p. 14, pl. 1. Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
5th century BCE (Archaic)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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statuettes (statues)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 15/16 in. (12.6 cm)
Source extras
cul
Etruscan
med
bronze; cast
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6291
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ROM
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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