Lot 0120

Greek Hellenistic & Roman Female Heads (Votives)

Similar Sale History

Sold

Ancient Votive Female Heads - Greek Hellenistic & Roman: Ancient Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd to 1st century BCE; Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A set of 2 pottery female votive heads intended to be left at shrines as offerings to

2023Ancient Votive Female Heads - Greek Hellenistic & RomanSee Sold Price

Sold

ANCIENT ROMAN HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA FEMALE BUST: An Ancient Roman terracotta sculpture. Hellenistic period, ca. 4th to 3rd century BC, presumably of Etruscan origin. The piece represents a votive bust, a head of a noble woman wearing an intricate br

2023ANCIENT ROMAN HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA FEMALE BUSTSee Sold Price

Sold

Ancient Greek Terracotta Votive Female Head c.5th century BC.: Ancient Greek Terracotta Votive Female Head c.5th century BC. Size 4 1/4 inches high. Fine thick walled terracotta votive head of a woman with long braided hair. Great quality and details. Provenance:

2023Ancient Greek Terracotta Votive Female Head c.5th century BC.See Sold Price

Sold

Greek Hellenistic Pottery Heads Elegant Females: **Originally Listed At $300** Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 4th to 1st century BCE. A set of 2 mold-formed pottery heads of elegant females, each with areas of applied white, pink, and red pigment.

2022Greek Hellenistic Pottery Heads Elegant FemalesSee Sold Price

Sold

Greek Hellenistic Limestone Relief Head of Female: Help those in need this holiday season! Artemis Gallery is donating 100% of the Buyer's Premium from all lots sold in this auction to COMMUNITY FOOD SHARE. Each $1.00 donated = 3 meals! Greece, Hellen

2022Greek Hellenistic Limestone Relief Head of FemaleSee Sold Price

Sold

Miniature Roman Marble Head of a Goddess: Roman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A gorgeous, miniature marble head of a female boasting idealized features that suggest she may be Venus (Greek Aphrodite) - the Roman goddess of love

2024Miniature Roman Marble Head of a GoddessSee Sold Price

Sold

2 Holyland Pottery Vessels + 2 Greek & Roman Heads: Near East, Holy Land, ca. 1st millennium BCE; Greek, Hellenistic, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE; Roman, Imperial, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A fabulous collection of pottery examples: 1 Hellenistic Greek

20232 Holyland Pottery Vessels + 2 Greek & Roman HeadsSee Sold Price

Sold

Greek Hellenistic Pottery Votive Face Fragment: **Originally Listed At $200** Greece, late Hellenistic to early Roman Imperial Period, ca. 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. A lovely, mold-made pottery face fragment presenting a plump, Roman-style

2023Greek Hellenistic Pottery Votive Face FragmentSee Sold Price

Sold

Greek Archaic Pottery Protome (Votive Head): Western Greece, Archaic Period, ca. 6th to 5th century BCE. A lovely mold-made earthenware protome of a female face, probably a goddess, with a slender visage, comprised of ovoid eyes, a prominent nos

2023Greek Archaic Pottery Protome (Votive Head)See Sold Price

Sold

Greek Hellenistic Head Yourthful Woman, ex-Christie's: **Originally Listed At $400** Greece, Hellenistic, ca. 3rd to 1st century BCE. A mold-made pottery head of a woman featuring a youthful visage and a thick, coiled coiffure. A pair of rolled sections o

2023Greek Hellenistic Head Yourthful Woman, ex-Christie'sSee Sold Price

Sold

lot of 2 Ancient Greek /Roman Bronze votive Military Axes: 2 Ancient Greek /Roman Bronze votive Military Axes, Ca 100BC - 200ADSize: 6cm - 4 cm Ex NJ private collection.

2023lot of 2 Ancient Greek /Roman Bronze votive Military AxesSee Sold Price

Sold

Greek Terracotta Female Votive Figure: Ancient Greece, Classical Period, ca. 6th to 5th century BCE. A hollow-molded votive figure depicting a seated female wearing a lengthy chiton and himation while holding her arms elegantly atop her th

2023Greek Terracotta Female Votive FigureSee Sold Price

Sold

Ancient Roman, Stone Female Head, 3/4 Facing Left, Ist-4th Century AD,: Ancient Roman, Stone Female Head, 3/4 Facing Left, Ist-4th Century AD, Size 25×33mm, Carved schist stone head of female face. fragment from a relief. Inventory #A30230. Provenance: Ex The Time Machin

2023Ancient Roman, Stone Female Head, 3/4 Facing Left, Ist-4th Century AD,See Sold Price

Sold

Beautiful Greek Hellenistic Terracotta Bust of Female: Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd to 1st century BCE. An elegant, mold-formed terracotta bust of a sizable form depicting a dignified woman gazing forward with heavy-lidded eyes. Her stately counten

2023Beautiful Greek Hellenistic Terracotta Bust of FemaleSee Sold Price

Sold

Greek Terracotta Head: An ancient Hellenistic Greek terracotta head of a woman, wearing a robed hood. Display stand is included. 2-1/2" H (w/o stand).

2023Greek Terracotta HeadSee Sold Price

Sold

GREEK HELLENISTIC GOLD TWISTED EARRINGS WITH LION HEADS: Ca. 300-100 BC. A matching pair of gold earrings, formed as loops of finely braided shanks expanding to a collared lion head finials on one end and tapering on the other. The lion's head is modelled f

2023GREEK HELLENISTIC GOLD TWISTED EARRINGS WITH LION HEADSSee Sold Price

Recommended Items

Hellenistic Gold Earrings with Female Heads: 2nd-1st century B.C. Each a hollow-formed female head with stephane to the brow, granulated collars flanking biconvex bulbs, tapering twisted shank curved to meet the gussetted loop above the head. Cf

Jun 04, 2024Hellenistic Gold Earrings with Female Heads

£1,300

Eirene Statue – Goddess of Peace Bust - 7.7lbs: Eirene Statue – Goddess of Peace Bust - 7.7lbs Our astonishing Eirene Statue is the reduction of the head of a series original Roman copies. Among them, the most famous is currently exhibited in th

May 23, 2024Eirene Statue – Goddess of Peace Bust - 7.7lbs

$265

Medusa Mosaic: Medusa Mosaic This mosaic illustrates the head of Medusa. Medusa "In Greek mythology Medusa was a monster, a Gorgon, generally described as a winged human female with living venomous snakes in p

May 23, 2024Medusa Mosaic

$1,000

Roman Marble Female Head: 2nd century A.D. Carved in the half-round, showing a mature female with rounded facial features and hair drawn back in a chignon; band and ridged body of the headdress in Egyptianising style; mounted

Jun 04, 2024Roman Marble Female Head

£900

An archaic protome of a woman's head made of clay, 2nd half of the 6th century B.C.: An archaic protome of a woman's head made of clay, 2nd half of the 6th century B.C.Female head made of clay, votive offering, probably depicting a goddess. Finely modeled face with an archaic smile. T

May 14, 2024An archaic protome of a woman's head made of clay, 2nd half of the 6th century B.C.

€480

Female Water Bearer Greek Roman Woman Carrying Jug Bronze Sculpture Statue D?cor: Bronze Dimensions with Marble Base: Height 28" X Width 9"Marble Dimensions: Diameter 9"Height without base:24"Weight :47 LBSOriginal or Reproduction: Original

May 17, 2024Female Water Bearer Greek Roman Woman Carrying Jug Bronze Sculpture Statue D?cor

$640

European Amethyst Janus Head Intaglio 18K Ring: European Renaissance in the Greco-Roman Style, Cabochon Amethyst with intaglio carved Janus Double Head, now mounted in a yellow gold Roman style Ring marked "G18K" inside band. Total weight 12 grams.

13 hrs LeftEuropean Amethyst Janus Head Intaglio 18K Ring

$500

Ancient Greek Era, Tarsos 380-361 B.C. Silver Obol with Female Head and Aphrodite: Title: Ancient Greek Era, Tarsos 380-361 B.C. Silver Obol with Female Head and Aphrodite Date/Period: 380-361 C.E. Materials: Silver obol. Size: 9 mm Description: This Silver Obol from Tarsos in Ancie

3 days LeftAncient Greek Era, Tarsos 380-361 B.C. Silver Obol with Female Head and Aphrodite

$110

Roman Bronze Artefact Collection: 1st-4th century A.D. Including a recumbent figure with pleated clothing, a female head mount and other items. 89 grams total, 21-77 mm (3/4 - 3 in.). From a collection acquired on the UK art market fr

Jun 05, 2024Roman Bronze Artefact Collection

£5

French Pair Greek Revival Painted Porcelain Lamps: A vintage pair of French porcelain table lamps showcase Neoclassical design elements. With a baluster form and a delicate robin's egg blue finish, they are adorned with hand-painted Greco-Roman style

May 29, 2024French Pair Greek Revival Painted Porcelain Lamps

$50

ANCIENT GREEK CANOSAN WARE SPHINX EWER: Ancient Greek Hellenistic terracotta figural sphinx ewer, circa 400-200 BCE, the seated sphinx having a woman's head, a lion's body with fully unfurled wings with applied pierced button punts at each

May 16, 2024ANCIENT GREEK CANOSAN WARE SPHINX EWER

$1,500

David Webb Platinum & 18K Yellow Gold White Enamel Diamond Horse Face Brooch: David Webb Platinum & 18K Yellow Gold White Enamel Diamond Horse Face Brooch Type: Brooches Metal: Platinum & 18K Yellow Gold Grams: 49.3 Measurements: 62 x 46mm Condition: Very Good. Some enamel loss

4 days LeftDavid Webb Platinum & 18K Yellow Gold White Enamel Diamond Horse Face Brooch

May 17, 2024David Webb Platinum & 18K Yellow Gold White Enamel Diamond Horse Face Brooch

$10

GHANDARA FRAGMENT: Grey Schist Gandhara 4th century Dimensions: Height 42 cm Wide 17 cm Depth 7 cm with base Weight: 8880 grams with base Schist fragment of Buddha joined by various devotees and animals. The clothing an

May 25, 2024GHANDARA FRAGMENT

€600

Roman Marble Head of Asclepius: 1st-3rd century A.D. The bust of the bearded god Asclepius (Greek Asklepios), with long hair and moustache. 185 grams total, 54 mm high (11.5 cm high including stand)) (2 1/8 in. (4 1/2 in.)). Ex priv

Jun 05, 2024Roman Marble Head of Asclepius

£900

Roman Bronze Head of Minerva with Helm Applique, c. 2nd-4th Century A.D.: Roman Bronze Head of Minerva with Helm Applique, c. 2nd-4th Century A.D.Bronze applique of the head of Minerva (Greek Athena) wearing a tall helmet with scooped brow-band and lobed ends developing to

May 16, 2024Roman Bronze Head of Minerva with Helm Applique, c. 2nd-4th Century A.D.

$2,400

Greek Hellenistic & Roman Female Heads (Votives)

Item Details

Description

Ancient Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd to 1st century BCE; Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A set of 2 pottery female votive heads intended to be left at shrines as offerings to the gods. The Roman head bears stern, uniform eyes, veristic lips, and a centrally-parted coiffure decorated with individual strands. The larger Greek head is much more dynamic, her head cast to her left while tufts of hair peek out from beneath a bonnet. Size of largest: 1.6" W x 2.375" H (4.1 cm x 6 cm); 4.9" H (12.4 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private South Bend, Indiana, USA collection, inherited from a friend, acquired before 2010

All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.

A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.

We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.

#178630

Condition

Larger head is repaired along neck line, with small chips and light adhesive residue along break lines. Second head is a fragment from a larger composition and has modern mounting material within the verso. Both artifacts with abrasions, softening to some finer details, and light earthen deposits. Nice preservation to facial details on each.