A TARANTINE TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF DIONYSUS RECLINING, upper part, the bearded god wearing a wide fillet with the ends hanging in front over his shoulders, a stephane above is decorated with a rosette at each side and a central rosette with palmette behind, his hair is waved and swept back, mounted, early 4th Century B.C.

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A TARANTINE TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF DIONYSUS RECLINING, upper part, the bearded god wearing a wide fillet with the ends hanging in front over his shoulders, a stephane above is decorated with a rosette at each side and a central rosette with palmette behind, his hair is waved and swept back, mounted, early 4th Century B.C.
7½in. (19.5cm.) high

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For similar, c.f., R. A. Higgins, Catalogue of the Terracottas in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, 1970, no. 1315, p. 358, pl. 180

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