Bust of Persephone
Magna Graecia, circa 400 BC
Terracotta.
H 41.1 cm
Bust of the goddess Persephone with oval face, curly hair, polos, pierced ears and a necklace. An exceptional, life-size terracotta bust. Head intact, lower part recomposed from fragments, at the back a vent hole.
cf.
W. Hornbostel, Exhibition catalogue Kunst der Antike – Schätze aus norddeutschem Privatbesitz, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, 1977, no. 116
Provenance
Swiss private collection Y. W., acquired prior to 1970.
Price
€ 9.000
Item
3159