Object Image

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 15.8 cm

20.205

Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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