SICILY, CIRCA EARLY 4TH CENTURY B.C.

This type of votive female figure wearing a high polos over centrally parted wavy hair, which is swept away from her face, and with pierced ears, is usually associated with either the goddess Demeter or the young Persephone. For a similar, cf. inv. no. GR 1953.8-25.4 at the British Museum.