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Mycenaean. <em>Female Figure</em>, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_view1_print_bw.jpg)
Mycenaean. Female Figure, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_view1_print_bw.jpg)
Mycenaean. <em>Female Figure</em>, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_view1_print_bw.jpg)

Mycenaean. Female Figure, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_view1_print_bw.jpg)

Mycenaean. <em>Female Figure</em>, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_view01.jpg)

Mycenaean. Female Figure, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_view01.jpg)

Mycenaean. <em>Female Figure</em>, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_view03.jpg)

Mycenaean. Female Figure, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_view03.jpg)

Mycenaean. <em>Female Figure</em>, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_view06.jpg)

Mycenaean. Female Figure, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_view06.jpg)

Mycenaean. <em>Female Figure</em>, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_view02.jpg)

Mycenaean. Female Figure, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_view02.jpg)

Mycenaean. <em>Female Figure</em>, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_view04.jpg)

Mycenaean. Female Figure, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_view04.jpg)

Mycenaean. <em>Female Figure</em>, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_view05.jpg)

Mycenaean. Female Figure, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_view05.jpg)

Mycenaean. <em>Female Figure</em>, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_back.jpg)

Mycenaean. Female Figure, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_back.jpg)

Mycenaean. <em>Female Figure</em>, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_back_negC_print_bw.jpg)

Mycenaean. Female Figure, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_back_negC_print_bw.jpg)

Mycenaean. <em>Female Figure</em>, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_front.jpg)

Mycenaean. Female Figure, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_front.jpg)

Mycenaean. <em>Female Figure</em>, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_front_print_negA_bw.jpg)

Mycenaean. Female Figure, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_front_print_negA_bw.jpg)

Mycenaean. <em>Female Figure</em>, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_left_side_negB_print_bw.jpg)

Mycenaean. Female Figure, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_left_side_negB_print_bw.jpg)

Mycenaean. <em>Female Figure</em>, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_right_side_negD_print_bw.jpg)

Mycenaean. Female Figure, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_right_side_negD_print_bw.jpg)

Mycenaean. <em>Female Figure</em>, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_threequarter_front_negE_print_bw.jpg)

Mycenaean. Female Figure, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_threequarter_front_negE_print_bw.jpg)

Mycenaean. <em>Female Figure</em>, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_view2_print_bw.jpg)

Mycenaean. Female Figure, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_view2_print_bw.jpg)

Mycenaean. <em>Female Figure</em>, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.35.735-.743_print_bw.jpg)

Mycenaean. Female Figure, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.35.735-.743_print_bw.jpg)

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Female Figure

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

CULTURES Mycenaean; Greek
MEDIUM Clay, pigment
  • Reportedly From: Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece
    • DATES ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E.
    PERIOD Late Helladic III Period (possibly)
    DIMENSIONS 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 35.743
    CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Female statuette with arms and upper body modeled on flat circular form - a "phi" figure. Head fairly flat on top with lock of hair hanging down from crown to "waist" painted to look like a braid with short horizontal strokes; bead-like nose; eye indicated by colored dots. Prominent breasts. Pale greenish-yellow clay with hair, eyes, nose, parallel wavy lines on upper body front and back and straighter lines farther apart on skirt - all in pale brown paint. Condition: Intact. Very small chip from left elbow. Color very worn, particularly on top of head.
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    CAPTION Mycenaean. Female Figure, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_view1_print_bw.jpg)
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    Mycenaean. <em>Female Figure</em>, ca. 1420-1190 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. (11.4 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.743. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.35.743_view1_print_bw.jpg)

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