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Mold-made Figurine of Seated Woman

Artist/Maker Greek , probably Rhodian

Date510–500 BCE

MediumTerracotta

DimensionsOverall: 5 3/8 × 2 × 2 in. (13.7 × 5.1 × 5.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of David Gordon Mitten (OC 1957) in memory of his parents, Joe Atlee Mitten and Helen Boyd Mitten

Object number2007.8.8

Status

Not on view

Provenance(George Allen, Hesperia Art, Philadelphia]¹; purchased from Allen ca. 1970 by David Gordon Mitten [1935-2022], Cambridge, MA; by gift 2007 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH¹ ¹April 5, 2007 letter of David Gordon Mitten to Stephanie Wiles.

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