{"product_id":"greek-terracotta-tanagra-female-head-1","title":"Greek Terracotta Tanagra Female Head","description":"\u003cp\u003eHellenistic Period, Ca. 3rd to 2nd Century BC.  This is a small mold-made terracotta head of a woman, characteristic of Greek Hellenistic production of the Tanagra \/ Tanagrean type. The piece is  fragment at the neck, likely broken from a complete standing draped female figurine.  The head displays the hallmarks of the Tanagra tradition: a softly modeled oval face with small closed-lipped mouth, delicate nose, half-lidded downcast eyes conveying the introspective \"melancholic gaze\" typical of these figurines, and wavy hair center-parted and drawn back toward a chignon or bun at the nape. The orange-red fabric retains traces of cream\/white slip ground and faint pinkish pigment on the flesh areas — consistent with the standard Tanagra polychromy scheme in which the face was painted pale peach and the hair red. A visible seam at the crown indicates bivalve-mold manufacture, the standard coroplastic technique at Tanagra, Boeotia, and regional workshops in Myrina, Smyrna, and South Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize 3\/4 inches (1.9cm) H.; 1-7\/8 inches on custom mount.\u003cbr\u003eProvenance: From a New York Artist collection\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53419607523642,"sku":"17545","price":395.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/17545blu.jpg?v=1778185917","url":"https:\/\/howardnowes.com\/products\/greek-terracotta-tanagra-female-head-1","provider":"Art for Eternity","version":"1.0","type":"link"}