TESTA VOTIVA VOTE HEAD

DATING: VI sec. A. C.

MATERIAL AND TECHNIQUE: purified …
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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

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