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Lot 80*

An Etruscan terracotta votive head of a woman

6 July 2021, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An Etruscan terracotta votive head of a woman
Circa 4th-3rd Century B.C.
Of hollow form, wearing a broad headdress composed of four rows of spheres, bordered below with row of smaller spheres, atop centrally-parted wavy hair, the face sensuously modelled with lidded almond-shaped eyes, the full lips slightly parted, 25cm high

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Provenance:
Private collection, reputedly early 20th Century.
with Galerie Archéologia, Brussels.
Private collection, Brussels, acquired from the above in 1987.

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