A Greek Terracotta Protome of Dionysos, Boeotian, circa early 4th Century B.C.

the god holding an egg in his right hand, a small kantharos in his left hand, wearing a himation falling from his left shoulder, with full wavy beard and moustache, his hair bound in a fillet, surmounted by a stephane, and covered by a veil falling over his shoulders, a drilled ledge in back of the head, probably for attachment; remains of gesso and red pigment.

Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, April 24th-25th, 1970, no. 333, illus.
NFA Classical Auctions, New York, December 11th, 1991, no. 144, illus.
Ariadne Galleries, New York, inv. no. 1822
acquired from the above by the present owner in the early 1990s

Generally good. Minor repair to stephane. Surface pigment worn.
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Cf. R.A. Higgins, Greek Terracottas, London, 1967, pl. 125, no. 873, and S. Mollard-Besques, Musée National du Louvre. Catalogue raisonné des figurines et reliefs en terre-cuite grecs, étrusques et romains, vol. I, Paris, 1954, pl. LXX, C 87 and 88.