Etruscan votive head 4th-3rd C. BCE

"Veiled votive head with the beginnings of the neck and bust. Mould-made face of indeterminant sex with narrow eyes framed by thick lids, high cheeks and a small mouth with full lips. Hair articulated as short curls that look as if carelessly tossed over the forehead as well as peeping out from below the ears. Below them the ends of a fillet in flat relief. Domed reverse with smoothed surface. Firing hole on the top face. Votive heads of this kind were set up in sanctuaries and were widespread in Etruria and Central Italy (Latium and Campania) throughout the Late Classical and Hellenistic period. Point of attachment to the bust restored (front). Minor chipping."

-taken from cahn.ch link below

Etruscan votive head 4th-3rd C. BCE. H. 27 cm. Terracotta. Formerly priv. coll. Yvette and Jacques Deschamps, France.

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https://cahn.ch/works/e-terracottas/756977/a-votive-head/