ANCIENT GREEK HEAD OF A WOMAN

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Ancient, Chinese and Islamic Art

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Mar 27, 2022

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  Circa 300-200 BC A finely modelled Greek sand-coloured terracotta head fragment of a female figure, depicted here with her hair braided, traces of a floral wreath over her hair. For a similar head, perhaps from the same mould and now in the British Museum, see R. A. Higgins, ‘Catalogue of the Terracottas in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Vol. I. Greek 730-330 B.C.’ (London, 1969) pl. 190 no. 1361. Also Wilhelm Hornbostel et al, ‘Aus Gräben und Heiligtümern – Die Antikensammlung Walter Kropatscheck’ (Mainz, 1980) pp. 183-184. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1895. The Terracottas and Pottery of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in Halls 4 and 15. no. 411, p. 34, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2240, p. 358, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 422, p. 248, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Merrillees, Robert S. 2017. "Cypriote Antiquities in Late Ottoman Istanbul and Smyrna." Cahier du Centre d'Etudes Chypriotes, 47. p. 139. Size: L:113mm / W:110mm; 945g (with stand) Provenance: Private London collection; formerly with Fortuna Fine Arts gallery, New York.
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