This catalogue, the first to be published in a generation, presents nearly a thousand of The British Museum's extensive collection of ancient Greek terracottas. The sequel to volumes 1 and 2 of the Catalogue, which cover the Archaic and Classical periods, it presents Hellenic terracotta figures from most areas of the Mediterranean apart from southern Italy and Sicily. The general introduction outlines general questions of the evolution of artistic styles, techniques and functions of Hellenistic terracottas. In the catalogue the figures are grouped into seven major geographic areas according...
This catalogue, the first to be published in a generation, presents nearly a thousand of The British Museum's extensive collection of ancient Greek te...
