Votive head of a young man. Etruscan, 4th - 2nd century BC. H 22cm. Made of reddish clay. Narrow head of a young man with long, straight hair, parted at the sides and a mantle hem draped over the back of the head. With a copy of the invoice from 1998! Small chip to the top. Provenance: From a French private collection. Acquired in the Gilles Neret-Minet auction on 23.4.1993, lot 81bis.

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