Archaic Greek Terracotta Seated Goddess. 5th century B.C. Depicting the goddess seated on a high-backed throne and wearing a long dress, her hands resting on the lap. Cf. Biers, W.R., The Archaeology of Greece. An Introduction, Ithaca-London, 1987, fig.8.63, p.236, for similar. 412 grams, 18.2 cm (7 1/8 in.). Acquired in Europe before 1996. The typical 5th century B.C. terracotta female figurine was a standing or seated woman wearing a chiton and a himation. It usually represented the goddess Demeter, and it was a votive figure offered to the shrines or temples. Attica was one of the principal centres of figurine production, but Corinth continued to produce solid standing or seated females with moulded fronts and flat backs.