Terracotta figure of a standing female with casket Artist: UnknownGreek

Late 5th–early 4th century B.C.

Ancient Art

On view, 1st floor, Ancient Art
Medium

Terracotta, with traces of added paint

Dimensions

18 3/8 in. (46.7 cm)

Credit Line

The Harold A. Strickland, Jr., Collection

Accession Number

1998.23.12

Culture

Greek

Period

Late Classical

Classification

Sculpture

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Provenance
Said to have been found at Thebes, Greece. George Aristides Eumorfopoulos, Esq. (1863–1939), London, by 1904; sale, Sotheby’s, London, June 5–6 1940, lot 172. Miss M. Simon; Sotheby’s, London, May 21, 1992, lot 232. Harold A. Strickland, Jr., Vero Beach, Florida, December 1993 [see note 1]; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Note 1: According to the copy of an inventory of the Strickland collection provided by the Royal Athena Galleries, New York, August 1, 1995. (Inventory of the Strickland Collection, no date, curatorial object file) Many of the artworks in the Strickland collection were purchased from Royal Athena, but it is unclear whether this includes Terracotta figure of a standing female with casket.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions, 1998," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (1999), 197
  • Sotheby's, London, London, Antiquities 1992, sale cat. (May 21, 1992), lot 232
  • Exhibition of Ancient Greek Art, exh. cat. (London: Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1904), 81–82, no. 55, pl. LXXXII
  • Sotheby's, London, London, The George Eumorfopoulos Collection, sale cat. (June 5–6, 1940), lot 172
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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