A GREEK TERRACOTTA FEMALE HEAD
PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A GREEK TERRACOTTA FEMALE HEAD

HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.

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A GREEK TERRACOTTA FEMALE HEAD
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Hollow and open at the back, her face oval, with rounded chin, a long slender nose, a small mouth and lidded eyes, the ears pierced, her hair pulled back in an elaborate coiffure, bound in two bands and finished in a large plaited circlet, the elongated contoured neck off-set with a groove, preserving red pigment for the hair, a drip along the back of the neck, some white slip preserved on the face and neck
4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) high
来源
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 14 December 1993, lot 59.