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Property from a Connecticut Private Collection
AN ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA VOTIVE HEAD
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA VOTIVE HEAD
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Mold-made, depicting a youth with a mantle pulled up over the back of the head, with wavy locks framing the forehead and falling along the temples and below the ears, with lidded eyes, thick pursed lips and a rounded chin, some pale red pigment preserved
11 in. (27.9 cm.) high
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Mold-made, depicting a youth with a mantle pulled up over the back of the head, with wavy locks framing the forehead and falling along the temples and below the ears, with lidded eyes, thick pursed lips and a rounded chin, some pale red pigment preserved
11 in. (27.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 13 June 2000, lot 291.