HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA FEMALE HEAD

Hellenistic terracotta female head

Head turned in frontal¾ view to the left, her wavy hair parted in the middle, stephanos/ or diadem with decorated with wreath of ivy leaves on top. Pale beige clay with small mica particles and traces of  black and red paint on wreath

Ex priv. coll. Nic Jonk, sculptor, 1928-1994, Grootschermer, Netherlands; Vte De Zwaan, Amsterdam 2023

H. 7,3 cm. Mounted

2nd-1st cent. BC

Cf. P.G. Lyenaar-Plaisir, Les Terres Cuites Grcques et Romaines, Leiden 1979, tome III, Myrina no. 813, pl. p.114