Etruria, Italy
Circa 200 BC
Terracotta with Victorian sterling silver mount
Height: 2¼ in (5.7 cm), Width: 1½ in (3.8 cm)
Provenance: Christian Rub, Santa Barbara, California, before 1940
This small votive head retains its modeled facial features with reasonable clarity, and has been set in a Victorian twisted sterling silver mount that frames the terracotta as a pendant or display piece. The combination of an ancient votive object with a Victorian presentation mount reflects a nineteenth century collecting practice of repurposing ancient fragments as personal ornaments or cabinet curiosities, a tradition with its own art historical interest. The pre-1940 Santa Barbara provenance through Christian Rub gives this piece a clear and early American collecting history.
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Etruria, Italy
Circa 200 BC
Terracotta with Victorian sterling silver mount
Height: 2¼ in (5.7 cm), Width: 1½ in (3.8 cm)
Provenance: Christian Rub, Santa Barbara, California, before 1940
This small votive head retains its modeled facial features with reasonable clarity, and has been set in a Victorian twisted sterling silver mount that frames the terracotta as a pendant or display piece. The combination of an ancient votive object with a Victorian presentation mount reflects a nineteenth century collecting practice of repurposing ancient fragments as personal ornaments or cabinet curiosities, a tradition with its own art historical interest. The pre-1940 Santa Barbara provenance through Christian Rub gives this piece a clear and early American collecting history.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
