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Object Type
Museum number: 1876,0510.1
Description: Bronze figure of a running girl. The bronze rivet surviving in the right foot perhaps suggests that this figure was originally a decorative fixture attached to a vessel or utensil.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 520BC-500BC
Production place: Made in: Laconia (?)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Prizren (said to be from)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 114 millimetres; Weight: 167 grammes; Width: 90 millimetres; Depth: 22 millimetres
Bibliographic references
Location: On display (G13/dc2)
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 1990 20 Oct-9 Dec, Japan, Tokyo, Setagaya Art Museum, Treasures of the British Museum, cat. no.110 1991 5 Jan-20 Feb, Japan, Yamaguchi, Prefectural Museum of Art, Treasures of the British Museum, cat. no.110 1991 9 Mar-7 May, Japan, Osaka, National Museum of Art, Treasures of the British Museum, cat. no.110 2008 1 May-12 Jul, Shanghai, The Ancient Olympic Games 2008 2 Aug-31 Sep, Hong Kong, The Ancient Olympic Games 2009 2 Apr-13 Oct, Alicante, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought 2010 30 Apr-30 Aug, Seoul, National Museum of Korea, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought Exhibited: 2009 2 Apr-13 Oct, Alicante, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought 2010 30 Apr-30 Aug, Seoul, National Museum of Korea, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought 2010-2011 15 Oct-07 Feb, Taipei, The National Palace Museum, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought 2010-2011, 11 Mar-12 Jun, Kobe City Museum, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought 2011, 4 July-25 Sept, Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought 2011-2012, 25 Oct-12 Feb, Mexico City, National Anthropological Museum, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought 2012-2013 6 Oct-6 Jan, Portland Art Museum, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought 2013, 6 May–6 Oct, Dallas Museum of Art, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought 2014, 21 Feb-9 Jun, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greek Art and Thought 2014, 2 Aug–9 Nov, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia, The Body Beautiful in Greek Art and Thought 2015, 26 Mar-5 Jul, The British Museum, Defining Beauty: the body in ancient Greek art
Subjects: athletics/running; classical sport
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1876
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1876,0510.1
Conservation: Treatment: 04 Dec 1998; Treatment: 27 Jan 1987

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