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LOT 0646
Greek Terracotta Protome Mask
MAGNA GRAECIA, EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
4 in. (75 grams, 10.3 cm).
Tongue-shaped in plan and hollow to the reverse; obverse with female bust in high-relief with palla head-covering. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old Bath antiquities collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Van Rooijen, G., Goddesses of Akragas, a study of terracotta votive figurines from Sicily, Leiden, 2021, no.163, for similar.
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