A GREEK TERRACOTTA FEMALE PROTOME
A GREEK TERRACOTTA FEMALE PROTOME

ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.

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A GREEK TERRACOTTA FEMALE PROTOME
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Mold-made, wearing a headband, a stephane and a himation pulled up over the top of her head, her earrings disk-shaped, her face with high cheekbones, a round chin, convex almond-shaped eyes, a large nose and slight smile, preserving red pigment for the himation and lips, the details outlined in black
7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Malnati Collection, Paris, 1970s.

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