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Female head; Tanagra, Greece, Boeotia, 3rd century BC. Terracotta. Measurements: 4 x 3 x 2 cm. Sculpture of a female head in terracotta with floral headdress. In Tanagra, located in Beocia (Greece) this type of terracotta figures were used as offerings in temples and sanctuaries as well as in the funerary offerings. The first Greek sculptures dating from the ninth century BC were small human figures made of malleable materials such as clay, ivory or wax. It was not until the archaic period during the 7th and 6th centuries B.C. that the Greeks began to work with stone, however, preserving other materials, mainly ceramics due to the rise of this industry, for small pieces, destined to serve as offerings in temples or part of funerary offerings.

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Female head; Tanagra, Greece, Boeotia, 3rd century BC. Terracotta. Measurements: 4 x 3 x 2 cm. Sculpture of a female head in terracotta with floral headdress. In Tanagra, located in Beocia (Greece) this type of terracotta figures were used as offerings in temples and sanctuaries as well as in the funerary offerings. The first Greek sculptures dating from the ninth century BC were small human figures made of malleable materials such as clay, ivory or wax. It was not until the archaic period during the 7th and 6th centuries B.C. that the Greeks began to work with stone, however, preserving other materials, mainly ceramics due to the rise of this industry, for small pieces, destined to serve as offerings in temples or part of funerary offerings.

Estimate 350 - 400 EUR
Starting price 250 EUR

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