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  Magna Graecia: Greek Art From South Italy and Sicily > About the Exhibition > Reggio Calabria & Sybaris > Statuette of a Dancing Woman (about 450-430 BC)
 
 
Statuette of a Dancing Woman (about 450-430 BC)
Locri Epizephirii
Bronze, cast, incised
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Reggio Calabria, inv. 8799
[Cat. no. 29]

Statuette of a Dancing Woman (about 450-430 BC)

Traces of a pin at the back of this bronze statuette from the Greek city of Locri indicates that it was once attached to another object, perhaps an article of furniture or a large vessel. The feet are set at different levels, so it did not rest on a base. The naturalism of the face and animated, dancing pose of the figure point to a date in the second half of the 5th century BC.


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