ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA VOTIVE HALF-HEAD

ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA VOTIVE HALF-HEAD

Hollow cast profile of youthful and idealized male, showing left side of face with straight nose and curly fringe of hair, veil covering his head

Ex priv. coll. England, Bonhams London 2002, no. 199
H 30 cm. Tip of chin broken off

3rd – 2nd cent. BC

Cf. L.B. van der Meer, De Etrusken, Den Haag 1977, pp. 54-5
Terracotta votive offerings were found in bothroi (votive pits), very popular from 5th century onwards