Lot 61
61
A Tarentine terracotta gorgoneion mask antefix, her unkempt hair standing out from her head in which a snake writhes at either side, large heavy-lidded eyes -- 8½in. (21.5cm.) high, early 4th Century B.C.

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A Tarentine terracotta gorgoneion mask antefix, her unkempt hair standing out from her head in which a snake writhes at either side, large heavy-lidded eyes -- 8½in. (21.5cm.) high, early 4th Century B.C.

Lot Essay

Cf. R. A. Higgins, Catalogue of Terracottas in the British Museum, I, London, 1969, p. 363, pl. 185, no. 1335

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