Lot Essay
For the type compare no. 382/1 in Carratelli, ed., The Western Greeks.
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THE PROPERTY FROM A GENTLEMAN'S COLLECTION
A GREEK TERRACOTTA BUST OF A WOMAN
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 300-250 B.C.
Details
A GREEK TERRACOTTA BUST OF A WOMAN
Hellenistic Period, Circa 300-250 B.C.
Perhaps depicting Persephone, the beautifully-modelled face with heavy-lidded eyes, full lips and a dimpled chin, her thick, center-parted wavy hair supporting a cylindrical polos, the earlobes perforated for now-missing earrings, wearing a molded necklace with beech-nut pendants, the plain bust with rounded shoulders, the breasts only slightly modelled, preserving traces of white pigment throughout
16½ in. (41.9 cm) high
Hellenistic Period, Circa 300-250 B.C.
Perhaps depicting Persephone, the beautifully-modelled face with heavy-lidded eyes, full lips and a dimpled chin, her thick, center-parted wavy hair supporting a cylindrical polos, the earlobes perforated for now-missing earrings, wearing a molded necklace with beech-nut pendants, the plain bust with rounded shoulders, the breasts only slightly modelled, preserving traces of white pigment throughout
16½ in. (41.9 cm) high
Provenance
Mitsukoshi Department Store, Japan, 1986