TESTA VOTIVA
VOTE HEAD
DATING: VI sec. a. C.
MATERIAL AND TECHNIQUE: purified clay, chamois glaze, moulded with stick retouches, hollow interior.
Ex voto consisting of a veiled head of a young man with hair carefully combed into small distinct locks that emerge on the broad forehead, eyes with outlined eyelids, straight nose, mouth with half-closed lips attitudes in a slight smile, so-called ionic, rounded chin, well-modeled ears, the back is not worked
PRODUCTION: Magna Greek ceramics
STATE OF CONSERVATION: breakage at the base of the neck
DIMENSIONS: h. cm 11
ORIGIN: Lennox Gallery Ltd, London
The lot, according to Italian law, is not exportable / This lot, according to Italian law, can not be exported