Terracotta limbless "doll"
Unknown Artist
Nude torso terminates just above knees; arms terminate at biceps, the limbs were never added. Large, deeply set, downturned eyes suggest a 4th-century date, as do fleshy, parted lips. Hair tied up in high sakkos and tied with bow-knot. Added disc earrings.
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1920
Late 5th-early 4th century B.C.
Terracotta
15.8 x 15.8cm
20.205
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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