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Property from a Private Family collection, New Jersey
AN ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA FEMALE VOTIVE HEAD
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA FEMALE VOTIVE HEAD
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Mold-made with an oval face, a pronounced chin, and small full lips, her lidded almond-shaped eyes beneath arching brows, her long wavy locks turning into ringlets framing her face; together with a Cypriot black-glazed jug, circa 4th century B.C., the globular body with raised vertical ridges, on a hollow flaring foot, a strap handle attached to the wide mouth and body
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high (2)
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Mold-made with an oval face, a pronounced chin, and small full lips, her lidded almond-shaped eyes beneath arching brows, her long wavy locks turning into ringlets framing her face; together with a Cypriot black-glazed jug, circa 4th century B.C., the globular body with raised vertical ridges, on a hollow flaring foot, a strap handle attached to the wide mouth and body
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Head: Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 23 June 1989, lot 511.
Jug: Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel E. Hess; Sotheby's, New York, 14 December 1994, lot 332 (part).
Jug: Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel E. Hess; Sotheby's, New York, 14 December 1994, lot 332 (part).
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