A GREEK TERRACOTTA FEMALE PROTOME
AN ENQUIRING EYE: PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A GREEK TERRACOTTA FEMALE PROTOME

BOEOTIA, CIRCA LATE 5TH-EARLY 4TH CENTURY B.C.

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A GREEK TERRACOTTA FEMALE PROTOME
BOEOTIA, CIRCA LATE 5TH-EARLY 4TH CENTURY B.C.
9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired by the current owner by 1989.

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For the type, wearing a low polos and a peplos, with center-parted wavy hair falling on to the shoulders, still preserving most of its polychrome, see the example said to be from Tanagra, no. 857 in R. Higgins, Catalogue of the Terracottas in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum.

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