A Greek painted terracotta head of a female, her hair swept back and held in place by a stephane -- 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high; six other terracotta heads -- 2in. (5cm.) high max., 4th-2nd Century B.C.; and a plaster female head (7)

Details

A Greek painted terracotta head of a female, her hair swept back and held in place by a stephane -- 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high; six other terracotta heads -- 2in. (5cm.) high max., 4th-2nd Century B.C.; and a plaster female head (7)

Provenance

Lt. Gen. A. H. L. F. Pitt-Rivers Collection: five of the heads are from the Bateman Collection, purchased from Sotheby's July 1893, lot 196
Illustrated in Pitt-Rivers Museum catalogue p. 946

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