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An Etruscan Terracotta Votive of a Youth , ex-Christie's

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An Etruscan Terracotta Votive of a Youth , ex-Christie's

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Auction Date:2012 Nov 16 @ 10:00 (UTC-06:00 : CST/MDT)
Location:P.O. Box 714, Erie, Colorado, 80516, United States
Ca. Late 3rd-Early 2nd Century B.C. Elongated, stylized figure of a male youth with molded head, the lidded eyes with articulated pupils, the mouth severe, with a mantle pulled up over the back of the head and falling in a single U-shaped fold, a hand in relief on the lower abdomen above the base of the U, the lower body reduced to a cylindrical shaft with drapery folds in low relief, preserving some red pigment throughout. Figures such as this were left at Etruscan shrines in the hopes that the gods would provide a cure for an ailing child. The child is represented as wrapped in swaddling cloth and being held by a caring parent. 29-1/4"H (74.3 cm). Intact. Custom mounted.

Provenance: ex-Galerie Nina Borowski, Paris; ex-Christie's, NYC.

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