Tanagra dolls - Tanagra figurines

Small painted terracotta statues produced in ancient Greece. They range in height from 6-7cm to 25cm, and include graceful women in various poses, as well as gods, knights, musicians, craftsmen, and farmers. They were produced from the 5th century BC until the Hellenistic period. Many of them are said to have been used as burial goods in cemeteries or as offerings to temples, but many were also used as indoor ornaments or as beloved items of the deceased. They were named after the large number of them discovered in the 1870s in a cemetery at Tanagra in Boeotia, but the main production center is thought to have been the kilns in the Attica region.

[Masaaki Maeda]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

古代ギリシアで制作されたテラコッタ彩色の小彫像。高さは6～7センチメートルから25センチメートルぐらいで、さまざまな姿態の優美な婦人像をはじめ、神々、騎士、楽人、職人、農夫など、紀元前5世紀からヘレニスティック期にかけて制作された。その多くは墓地の副葬品、神殿への奉納品とされるが、室内の置物、死者の生前の愛好品とされていた場合も少なくない。1870年代にボイオティアのタナグラの墓地から多数発見されたためにこの名称でよばれているが、制作の中心地はむしろアッティカ地方の窯場とされている。

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