A GREEK FEMALE TERRACOTTA ANTEFIX

A GREEK FEMALE TERRACOTTA ANTEFIX
Circa 4th Century B.C.
From the Eastern Mediterranean, the female goddess is portrayed in bust form, with her breasts bared and head turned slightly to the right, her hair drawn back into a high coiffure with individual tresses depicted, with loose waves of hair falling to her shoulders, traces of slip and gilding surviving on the surface, 20cm high.
Provenance: Joseph Klein Collection, New York, acquired between 1941 and 1980, thence by descent; Bonham's, London, Antiquities, 8 May 2013, lot 153.