Description
This extremely rare Minoan bronze statuette represents a girl worshiping a deity. It was probably left as a dedication to a divinity. She wears a flounced skirt over a sleeved robe open at the front. The figure shows a remarkable degree of detail, including looped earrings, bracelets, and a necklace. Her shaved hairstyle, not found on any other Minoan bronze statuette, matches that of painted figures in roughly contemporary frescoes uncovered on the island of Thera, north of Crete. Its excellent condition, rarity, fine detail, and balanced proportions set it apart from other statuettes of its type to have survived.
Provenance
Marion Schuster, Lausanne; Nadine von Mauthner
Accession Number
2002.89
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund