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PROPERTY FROM A FRENCH PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA VOTIVE BUST OF A MAN
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA VOTIVE BUST OF A MAN
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
With a hollow bell-shaped body, the oval face with almond-shaped eyes, full parted lips and a dimpled chin, his wavy locks falling onto his forehead, his temples and along his neck, crowned with a stippled garland, enveloped in a robe with a U-shaped fold across his chest, his left hand emerging from within, a circular opening on his left side with vertical drapery folds below
26 in. (66 cm.) high
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
With a hollow bell-shaped body, the oval face with almond-shaped eyes, full parted lips and a dimpled chin, his wavy locks falling onto his forehead, his temples and along his neck, crowned with a stippled garland, enveloped in a robe with a U-shaped fold across his chest, his left hand emerging from within, a circular opening on his left side with vertical drapery folds below
26 in. (66 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired by the current owner's family in France in the late 19th-early 20th century.
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