The figure stands in the relaxed pose made popular by the Greek sculptor Praxiteles in the fourth century b.c.
Credit: Gift of Robert L. Hermanos and Miriam H. Knapp, in memory of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Levy Hermanos, 1993
4th-6th century
Bone
13.6 x 5.3 x 1.5 cm
1993.516.1
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