Description: A Tanagra female figure shown in contrapposto position, dressed with?chiton?and?himation, bringing his right hand to his face under the mantle and his left hand holding her robe on the left thigh. The woman is depicted with serene and smiling face and acorn shaped hairdress.?The purpose of Tanagra figurines was the funerary use, especially after incineration will give way to the custom of burial from 5th Century BC. In the tombs of Boeotia, two or three meters deep, draped and naked women figures of terracotta like this one were found. |Greece. 3rd Century BC.