Terracotta statuette of a dancer moving forward, performing the Mantle Dance

Greek, Boeotia – Mid 4th century BC – Height: 18.8 cm

She is entirely enveloped within the folds of her himation, with white slip.

Provenance: private collection Boston, U.S.A., acquired in the 1960s.
CF: R. Higgens, Catalogue of the terracotta’s in the British Museum.
London 1964. no 881 an example apparently from the same mould.