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A terracotta votive protome in the form of a female head with moulded details and traces of white surface pigment. The top of the head is pierced so that it could be suspended by a string or chord on a wall.
Culture
Greek colonies in South Italy, Taras or Sicily, late 5th Century BC
Size
11.8 x 10.4 cms
Condition
Chipping and wear as shown in the photographs otherwise intact
Provenance
Ex. collection: the painter Louis-Joseph-Raphaël Collin (1850-1916), Paris, France. Acquired in 1911 from Collin by Senator William A. Clark (1839-1925), USA. Bequeathed by Clark to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. in 1925. Gifted to and then deaccessioned by the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington D.C., 2014.
Published: R. Collin, Collection of Antique Grecian, Egyptian and Etruscan Statuettes, Vases, Tanagras, Etc., Paris, 1911.
The Illustrated Handbook of the W.A. Clark Collection, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1928 (and in the 1932 edition).
Exhibited: Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., ‘The William A. Clark Collection,’ 26 April-16 July 1978.
For further information on Rollin and Clarke please see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapha%C3%ABl_Collin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Clark
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