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Greek Archaic Votive Head, Second Half 6th Century BC

Sizeable terracotta with sculpturally marked features.

The head is showing almond-shaped eyes and an appealing archaic smile.

The hair is covered with a band, a stephane and a veil fall laterally behind the ears which are adorned with big earrings.

For a related although larger protome cf. item no. 84 V in: Giovanni Pugliese (ed). The Greek World. Art and Civilization in Magna Graecia and Sicily. Milan 1996.

Broken below the chin. Tip of the nose and chin with minor wear.

H. 8.9 cm (3.5 in)
H. with stand 18.3 cm (7.2 in)

European art market

490 USD