Hellenistic Tanagra Statuette of a Girl with a Bird in her Arm

Culture: Greek

Period: 4th-3rd century B.C.

Material: Terracotta

Dimensions: 15.6 cm high

Price: 4 000 Euro

Ref: 2641

Provenance: From the old Parisian private collection Victor Emile Gabriel Chevallier (1889-1969) and his wife Marguerite Jeanne Verel (1887-1962). Since 1969 in the Belgian collection M. X.

Condition: Except for some rough surface with encrustation in some areas intact and of very beautiful quality.

Description: Lovingly worked out terracotta statuette from a workshop in Tanagra depicting a standing girl with a bird in her arm. The girl leans with the right arm on a column. She holds and snuggles up a bird in the left hand. She wears a floor-length chiton and stands with her weight on the left leg. The right free leg is slightly bent to the side, the foot protrudes from the chiton. She has a himation thrown over the right arm. The girl has a friendly, almost cheeky expression. Her face with chubby cheeks is formed to a smile. Her red hair cascades bushily over her ears and is piled up in a bun at the top. The statuette stands on a profiled pedestal.