6th-5th century B.C. A terracotta bust in the form of a seated female figure with shoulder-length hair, wearing a polos and discoid earrings, recess to the top of the headwear; hollow-formed; mounted on a custom-made display stand. Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 2000.39, for aparable figure; Jenkins, R.J.H., ‘Archaic Argive Terracotta Figurines to 525 B.C.’ in The Annual of the British School in Athens, vol.32 (1931-1932), pp.23-40, Athens, 1932, pp.23-40, pl.16. 766 grams total, 26.5 cm high including stand (10 3/8 in.). Private collection. With Galerie Serodine, Ascona, Switzerland, early 1990s. Ex collection of Dr. E.N., acquired in 1995. According to R.J.H. Jenkins, the classes (C), D, E, of female terracotta votive figures belong to the seated female 'supported' type: that is, with the skirt bent at the waist and again at the knees, and two or (in larger figurines) one heavy support below to enable the figure to sit upright. Locks of hair, straight or curling, ears and (usually circular) earrings, were added to the already moulded head. The body was left plain and painted with black or brown-red varnish directly on the surface of the clay; some specimens, like our example, were represented wearing a round polos. For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price