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Red-brown rectangular fragment with low relief decoration of the right profile of a youthful woman holding billowing fabric

Fragment of Arretine Pottery: Girl Arranging Garlands

Roman

This fragment of terra sigillata pottery depicts a girl in profile facing the right. She wears a gauzy, short-sleeved garment cinched at the waist and a mantle is draped around her neck. Her right arm is raised and bent at the elbow, grasping a billowing garland.

Terracotta

Roman Imperial period, Early

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