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ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA HEAD OF A YOUNG MAN 5th - 4th century BC

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ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA HEAD OF A YOUNG MAN
5th - 4th century BC
height cm 23
Outstanding molded head of a young male, with prominent facial details and pleasant expression. The head is depicted with full and slightly open lips, almond-shaped eyes characterized by prominent upper lids and arched eyebrows and short hairs, finely incised. Traces of the original cromy are still preserved. A similar specimen (head of a woman), was sold by Sotheby's on 12 June 2001, lot 81.

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Property of a gentleman; acquired on the European art market between 1960s and 1980s.

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