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