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A HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA HEAD OF MEDUSA
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Pre AD 1000 item# 893394
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Explorer Ancient Art
718-979-9205
$1350
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An ancient Greek, flat-backed terracotta head of Medusa, with striking facial details and serpent hair. Hellenistic, 3rd/4th Century B.C. 4 inches wide X 3 1/4 inches high. Intact with remains of white slip. Mounted on a lucite frame. From an old NYC collection. In Greek mythology, Medusa was a female monster. Looking at her would turn people to stone. She was beheaded by Perseus, who then used her head as a weapon. He later gave it to the goddess Athena to place on her shield.
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