| Lady of Baza | |
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 The impassive seated female figure is richly dressed and adorned with ear ornaments | |
| Material | Limestone |
| Height | 1.335 meters |
| Width | 1.08 meters |
| Created | 4th century BCE |
| Discovered | 22 July 1971 Baza,Andalusia,Spain |
| Discovered by | Francisco Velo |
| Present location | Madrid,Community of Madrid,Spain |
TheLady of Baza (la Dama de Baza) is a famous example ofIberian sculpture by theBastetani. It is alimestone female figure with traces of painted detail in a stuccoed surface. It is held in Spain'sNational Archaeological Museum.
It was found on July 22, 1971, byFrancisco José Presedo Velo, inBaza, in theAltiplano de Granada, the high tableland in the northeast of theprovince of Granada. The town of Baza was the site of the Ibero-Roman city ofBasti and, in one of its two necropoleis, the Cerro del Santuario, the Lady of Baza was recovered. She is seated in an armchair, and an open space on the side is thought to have contained ashes from acremation.[1]
The sculpture's name links it in the popular imagination to its more famous cousin, theLady of Elche. After conservation, the sculpture, which dates to the fourth century BCE, joined the enigmatic Lady of Elche deposited in the National Archaeological Museum of Spain inMadrid. ThechimeraBicha of Balazote and the standingGran Dama Oferente, also calledDama del Cerro de los Santos, are exhibited in the same room of the museum.
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