Standing Woman (Aphrodite?)

Head and body are out of proportion with each other, a not untypical result of using separate molds to form them. Thick upper torso, nude down to the hips. Small breasts; large, round navel. Legs are covered with a long chiton under a mantle that has been rolled around the hips. Thick, heavy folds. Although the arms are now missing, scoring at the shoulders indicate that they were originally present; the right should have gestured upwards, while the left fell down the side of the body, or stretched forward in offering. Right leg engaged and forward; left leg bent at the knee and pointed to the back and side. She appears to be wearing plain shoes.

Hollow and heavy. Mold-made in several bivalve molds, explaining the jarring proportions and missing arms. Upper torso could have been adapted from a male model with the addition of breasts; legs seem to have been adapted from a typical standing draped woman. Detailing, especially on rolled mantle, done through incision. Some modeling at the back, but coarse. No venthole. Attached to a square, narrow base.

Dark maroon clay, hard-fired.