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Votive Figure of a Goddess
Votive Figure of a Goddess
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Votive Figure of a Goddess

Artist/Culture
Date7th century BC
Mediumpainted terracotta plaque (traces of red paint)
Dimensions13 x 3.3 x 1.8 cm (5 1/8 x 1 5/16 x 11/16 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineMuseum purchase from Mathias Komor, New York, NY; Austin S. Garver Fund
Object number1973.72
DescriptionNude? standing female figure clutching breasts. Long hair, fillet around head; molded in relief on a roughly rectangular slab; from Near East (Syria)
On View
Not on view
Female Votive Figure
Greek
7th century BC
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Ashanti
by 1980
Goddess
Uttar Pradesh
500s
Female Votive Figure
Greek
about 2400 B.C.E.
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German
about 1750–1760
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
German
about 1770
Seated Figure
Ancient Maya
500–900
The Earth Goddess Parvati, Consort of Shiva
South Indian
Chola Dynasty, 1100–1200s
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Austrian
mid 1600s