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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A GREEK TERRACOTTA HEAD OF A GODDESS
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Details
A GREEK TERRACOTTA HEAD OF A GODDESS
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Perhaps depicting Aphrodite, her head turned slightly to the right, her wavy hair center parted and arranged in a top-knot, with almond-shaped lidded eyes, a slender nose and small mouth, preserving extensive white slip throughout and black for the hair
7 in. (17.7 cm.) high
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Perhaps depicting Aphrodite, her head turned slightly to the right, her wavy hair center parted and arranged in a top-knot, with almond-shaped lidded eyes, a slender nose and small mouth, preserving extensive white slip throughout and black for the hair
7 in. (17.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Felix de Saulcy (1807-1880), France.