Tanagra figurine

American  

[tan-uh-gruh fig-yuh-reen, ‐-reen, tuh-nag-ruh] / ˈtæn ə grə ˌfɪg yəˌrin, ‐ˈrin, təˈnæg rə /

Often Tanagra figure

noun

1. a small terra-cotta statuette produced from the late 4th to the 3rd century b.c. in Tanagra, Boeotia, and found chiefly in tombs.

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Etymology

Origin of Tanagra figurine

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Her head and profile are sculpted with the exquisite delicacy of a Tanagra figurine.

From Time Magazine Archive

He began to gaze--now at Pani Otocka and then at the form of Marynia, which resembled a Tanagra figurine, and repeated to himself: "Mother desires to give one of them to me as a wife."

From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

His form when compared with the modern ballad's amplitude seems like a Tanagra figurine beside a Michelangelo statue—but the figurine is as fine in its scope as the statue is in the greater.

From Marse Henry (Volume 2) An Autobiography by Watterson, Henry

But only a few weeks ago I had a very bad quarter of an hour indeed over this spurious Tanagra figurine.

From The Patient Observer And His Friends by Strunsky, Simeon

The German savant stopped in fascination before the Tanagra figurine.

From The Patient Observer And His Friends by Strunsky, Simeon