Greco-Roman, ca. 300 to 100 BCE. A gorgeous terracotta head of a goddess. She has a sensitive and naturalistic face with almond-shaped eyes, puffy cheeks, a petite chin, and an archaic smile, clearly from the Classical period. She wears a large headdress with a central medallion as well as a pair of drooping triangular earrings underneath an elaborately coiffed hairstyle. This may have been a votive offering for a temple or made to be a copy of a larger, possibly bronze, statue. Remnants of the original red, beige, and white pigmentation are still visible atop the orange-red pottery. Comes with custom display stand. Size: 2.375" H (6 cm); 4.125" H (10.5 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private Orange County, California, USA collection, acquired before 2000

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This is a fragment of a larger figure. Expected age-commensurate surface wear, small nicks and chips along peripheries and to face and headdress, fading and minor losses to pigmentation, otherwise very good. Nice earthen and mineral deposits throughout, with remnants of original red, white, and beige coloration visible.