Etruscan votive head of a young lady
€2,500
available
Object number
AR3247
| Object: |
Votive head of a girl or young lady
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| Material: |
Light red clay
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| Date: |
End of 4th century B.C. Etruscan. |
| Description: |
Votive head of a girl or young lady. Idealized features. The hair which is adorned with a diadem is parted in the middle and falls in strands to both sides. The back of the head is covered with a veil. The lady is wearing a bead necklace.
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| Size: |
Height 223 mm, width 166 mm, depth 92 mm.
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| Condition: |
Very good condition. Small chips at nose and at base, small open area and crack at the left neck, small hole in the hair. No restorations. Very impressive, large and heavy object. |
| References: |
Die Welt der Etrusker, Archäologische Denkmäler aus Museen der sozialistischen Länder (Berlin 1988) p. 291, Kat. D 3.15. For a detailed discussion of Italian votive heads we recommend the work of M. R. Hofter, Untersuchungen zu Stil und Chronologie der mittelitalischen Terrakotta-Votivköpfe (Bonn 1985). |
| Provenance: |
Acquired 2021 at a German auction house. Ex Gorny & Mosch Auktion 279, 2021, Lot 75; Ex Munich private collection W. F. Ex G. Hirsch Nachf. Auktion 168 (1990) Lot 1158.
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| Authenticity: |
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