CIRCA LATE 4TH-EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA HEAD OF A GIRL
circa late 4th-early 3rd century b.c.
Originally from a full figure, the hand-modelled naturalistic face with a pointed chin, slightly parted lips, and heavy lidded eyes beneath modelled brows, wearing lion's head hoop earrings, her hair a wild mass of long curving, deeply channeled locks, the hair on the crown of her hair rendered by incising
7 in. (19.05 cm) high
circa late 4th-early 3rd century b.c.
Originally from a full figure, the hand-modelled naturalistic face with a pointed chin, slightly parted lips, and heavy lidded eyes beneath modelled brows, wearing lion's head hoop earrings, her hair a wild mass of long curving, deeply channeled locks, the hair on the crown of her hair rendered by incising
7 in. (19.05 cm) high
Provenance
Egyptian, Irish Bronze Age, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, also Islamic Pottery, Sotheby's London, 11 July 1967, lot 112