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The Head of a Goddess with High Polos Crown

CHF 2.600,-

$ 2.843£ 2.286€ 2.660

Terracotta
Greek, Magna Graecia, early 4th century BC
H. 9.1cm

An especially attractive female head. This statuette likely hails from Greek Sicily (perhaps Morgantina) and shows the goddess Demeter, powerful protectress of agricultural bounty and fertility more broadly.

Condition: Intact with some surface wear.

Provenance: Formerly, priv. coll. of C. R., Ticino, Switzerland, before 1970; Published by Andrea Bignasca in ANTIKE KUNST, 1992, p.18ff, Pl. 5-14. Cf. Winter, 116/4.

Item reference: CL1500

The Head of a Goddess with High Polos Crown

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