Seated Man (400–300 BCE): Art, History and Details

Seated Man (400–300 BCE) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This statuette takes the form of a seated male figure, nude but for a large headdress or hat with a yellow and red–striped ribbon beneath it. The ends of the ribbon trail down over each shoulder. In his right hand he holds a pitcher, and his left arm is missing below the shoulder. His entire body is painted a pinkish red over a white slip.

Object facts

• Title: Seated Man
• Date: 400–300 BCE
• Culture: Greece
• Type: Sculpture
• Technique: painted terracotta
• Dimensions: Overall: 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.)
• Collection: GR - Greek
• Department: Greek and Roman Art
• Accession number: 1929.442

A detail from the museum

The pitcher in the figure’s hand, called an oinochoe, was used in ancient Greece to pour wine.

Collection credit

The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund

View the collection record

See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.