Bronze statuette of a peplophoros
The hair center parted, rolled back and bound in a top knot and a chignon at the back, with almond-shaped eyes and straight mouth; wearing a long peplos with apoptygma (overfold), her left hand lowered to her side, clasping a fold of her tunic, the right arm outstretched originally holding a now missing object, maybe a bird (for a very similar piece cf. Peplophoros Musée du Louvre)
Period
Greek, 5th century B.C.
Dimension
H.
12.2 cm (4 51⁄64 in)
Private collection, Switzerland, 1976, thence by descent
