3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.

细节

A LARGE HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA HEAD OF ATHENA
3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
The fragmentary head with powerfully modelled features, large staring eyes with pupils indicated, and open mouth, wearing an earring and helmet, repaired
10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) high

来源

Acquired in 1974.

注意事项

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

拍品专文

PUBLISHED:
Antike Kunst, Galerie Heidi Vollmoeller, Zurich, 1977, no. 19.

This head of Athena follows a sculptural terracotta portrait tradition of Campania and Etruria, cf. T. Fischer-Hansen, Campania, South Italy and Sicily, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, 1992, p. 161, no. 121; and C. Reusser, Etruskische Kunst, Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig, Basel, 1988, p. 96, no. E131, for similar.