Crouching Venus
Mediterranean · 3rd century BCE
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Terracotta Dancer
Mediterranean · 3rd-2nd century BCE
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Terracotta Dancer
Commons file published from Scan The World with Musée Saint-Raymond source metadata. Wikidata Q28653996 records the terracotta statuette as accession 25797, dated 3rd-2nd century BCE, held in the Saint-Raymond Museum reserves, with dimensions H 19.5 cm x W 9.5 cm x D 9 cm.
- Maker
- Mediterranean
- Date
- 3rd-2nd century BCE
- Place
- Mediterranean
- Material
- Terracotta
- Dimensions
- H 19.5 cm x W 9.5 cm x D 9 cm
- Current collection
- Saint-Raymond Museum reserves
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This small fired-clay dancer is held in the Saint-Raymond reserves and is usually not on public display. The statuette uses the angle of the body and drapery to suggest a step.
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- Maker
- Mediterranean
- Date
- 3rd-2nd century BCE
- Place
- Mediterranean
- Material
- Terracotta
- Dimensions
- H 19.5 cm x W 9.5 cm x D 9 cm
- Current collection
- Saint-Raymond Museum reserves
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 4.0
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