A Hellenistic Terracotta Head of a Woman, Magna Graecia, circa 3rd Century B.C.

turned to her right, her face with bow-shaped lips, straight nose, and finely arched eyebrows, her wavy hair parted in the center, bound in a diadem, arranged in a top-knot, and tied in a chignon.

Swiss private collection, 1950s
by descent to the present owner

Very good and as shown. There are two chips on the proper right side of the neck (one visible in photo), the back of the lower part of the chignon is chipped, and there are several chips on the proper right of the top-knot and hair.
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The head is mounted on a 19th Century turned wood base with label underneath inscribed "5722/ Weibliche Kopf aus Tarent/ IV... v. Chr.."