A Greek Terracotta Figure of a Goddess, Boeotia, circa 575-550 B.C.

wearing a long robe and broad double belt decorated with zigzag and rows of dots, pendant suspended from the neck, and flaring polos with large volute in front, the face with large dotted pointed-oval eyes, her long wavy hair falling onto the shoulders and back.

Mort Dimondstein, Los Angeles, California, acquired in the early 1970s

repaired across waist, volute repaired, small chip on nose, light abrasion to paint on back of polos, remains of incrustation overall, lower half dirty (palm grease from handling?)
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For related examples see V. Verhoogen, Terres cuites grecques aux Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels, 1956, fig. 9, Ancient Life in Miniature, Birmingham, 1968, no. 58, pl. 8, Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, Art of the Ancient World, vol. VII, Part I, no. 68, 1992, p. 44, no. 208, and Sotheby's, New York, December 9th, 2004, no. 233.