Tanagra figurine

Tanagra figurines are Greek terracotta statuettes, mostly of elegantly dressed women, made from the later 4th century BCE and named after Tanagra in Boeotia, where many were found in tombs in the 1870s. Cast in moulds and painted, they show ordinary people rather than gods. Their discovery made them highly fashionable among 19th-century collectors and led to many forgeries.