Figurine with Pinched Face and Geometric Decorations

first half 6th century BCE (Archaic)

7.3 cm 16.8 cm 3.4 cm

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Plank figures of this type, with pinched bird-like faces and high “polos” crowns, are strongly abstract in style but securely dated to the Archaic period (6th century BCE) by excavated examples in Boeotia. Painted details create the eyes, the long wavy hair, and the decoration...

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E. Segredakis, New York, 1945 [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1945, by purchase.
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