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CIRCA 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
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FIVE GREEK TERRACOTTA VOTIVES
CIRCA 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
Including a Tarentine figure of Dionysos originally reclining to his left, adorned with a lotus blossom crown; a protome fragment preserving the head of a goddess with vertical locks of hair framing the forehead, surmounted by a polos, a perforation above, preserving traces of red pigment on the polos, the cheeks and the lips; a head of a goddess surmounted by a polos; a protome fragment preserving a female face; and a protome fragment preserving a female head wearing a polos, a perforation above
Dionysos: 4¾ in. (12.1 cm) high (5)
CIRCA 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
Including a Tarentine figure of Dionysos originally reclining to his left, adorned with a lotus blossom crown; a protome fragment preserving the head of a goddess with vertical locks of hair framing the forehead, surmounted by a polos, a perforation above, preserving traces of red pigment on the polos, the cheeks and the lips; a head of a goddess surmounted by a polos; a protome fragment preserving a female face; and a protome fragment preserving a female head wearing a polos, a perforation above
Dionysos: 4¾ in. (12.1 cm) high (5)
Provenance
Alfred E. Mirsky (1900-1974).
Special notice
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