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SOLD - May 2006 UK Pounds - £85

SOLD - May 2006
An uncommon hollow moulded pottery votive head. The features of the face are clearly rendered and subject to an exaggeration or enhancement of the natural characteristics which is typical of pottery figures form this period in Cyprus. The head wears a flat brimless cap, in front of which is a row of dense hair. Traces of pink pigment colouration survive in places indicating that this figure would have been painted in bright colours originally. Cyprus, 5th Century BC. Size: 6.4 x 4.8 cms. Intact as shown. Provenance: Ex. private collection, Battle, Sussex, UK.


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