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Lot 85

An Etruscan terracotta votive bust of a young boy

28 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£1,500 - £2,000

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An Etruscan terracotta votive bust of a young boy
Circa 3rd-2nd Century B.C.
Hollow moulded, with finely-modelled locks of hair brushed over his forehead, his rounded face with plump, youthful features, lidded almond-shaped eyes and lips slightly parted, wearing a himation drawn over the back of his head, 30.5cm high

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Provenance:
with Galerie Fortuna, Zurich.
Private collection, Berlin, acquired from the above circa 1985.

See M. Söderlind, Late Etruscan Votive Heads from Tessennano, Rome, 2002, p. 189, no. 122, for another votive head of a child also with a youthful countenance, dotted nostrils and hair arranged in two strands in front of the right ear.

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