Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Greek head of a bearded male, South Italy, Medma, second quarter of the 5th century BC
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Greek head of a bearded male, South Italy, Medma, second quarter of the 5th century BC
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Greek head of a bearded male, South Italy, Medma, second quarter of the 5th century BC
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Height: 9.5cm
10574 IVP
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Mould-made male head, with narrow almond-shaped eyes, long moustache and outward-jutting. His hair peaks out from under the diadem in two bunches of tight curls either side of his temple....

Provenance

Tom Virzi (1881-1974), New York, USA; collection no.135
Galleria Serodine, Ascona, Switzerland
Private collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above, 1994

Exhibitions

Galleria Serodine, Ascona, Switzerland, 'Terrakotten aus Westgrieschenland', 1st April-23rd May 1994, no.9

Literature

Compare an example from Medma in Helga Herdejürgen, Götter, Menschen und Dämonen (Basel, 1978), p.75, B6
Also see S. Mollard-Besques Musée National du Louvre: Catalogue Raisonné des Figurines et Reliefs en terre-cuite Grecs, Étrusques et Romains, Vol.I (Paris, 1954), pl.XCVI, C471

Publications

F. Hugelman, Terrakotten aus Westgrieschenland (Ascona, 1994), no.9
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