Greek Terracotta Head of a Goddess
Greek Terracotta Head of a Goddess
Greek Terracotta Head of a Goddess
Greek Terracotta Head of a Goddess
Greek Terracotta Head of a Goddess
Greek Terracotta Head of a Goddess
Greek Terracotta Head of a Goddess
Greek Terracotta Head of a Goddess
Greek Terracotta Head of a Goddess
Greek Terracotta Head of a Goddess
Greek Terracotta Head of a Goddess
Greek Terracotta Head of a Goddess
Greek Terracotta Head of a Goddess
Greek Terracotta Head of a Goddess Greek Terracotta Head of a Goddess Greek Terracotta Head of a Goddess Greek Terracotta Head of a Goddess Greek Terracotta Head of a Goddess Greek Terracotta Head of a Goddess

Greek Terracotta Head of a Goddess

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Hellenistic Period, circa 4th–2nd century B.C.

A mold-made terracotta head of a young woman or goddess, the oval face with serene, softly modeled features—almond eyes, a straight nose, and full lips—framed by hair parted at the center and drawn back over the ears, surmounted by a rolled diadem or stephane. The modeling follows the refined Tanagra-style coroplastic tradition of the Hellenistic Greek world, in which elegant female figures and heads were produced for votive and funerary use. The reddish-buff clay retains earthen deposits and traces of a white slip ground beneath, with a darkened encrustation over the hair. Broken at the neck from a larger statuette, as is usual.

Height of the head 1-3/4 inches (4.4 cm); 3 inches (7.6 cm) on a custom mount.

Such terracotta heads, often identified as goddesses or idealized "ladies of fashion," derive from the celebrated workshops of Tanagra and the wider Greek world that flourished from the late 4th century B.C., supplying mold-made figures of draped women, Aphrodite, and related deities. Comparable small Greek terracotta female heads with this coiffure and diadem are well documented in museum collections and the trade, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

 Condition: a fragment broken at the neck, with surface wear, deposits, and some loss of fine detail and slip, consistent with age and burial; the facial features remain attractively legible.

Provenance: Mr. Sid Hart, Cos Cob, Connecticut, acquired 1980s–1990s.

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