Terracotta – Head of the goddess Hera or Demeter

Southern Italy, probably Sicily, late 6th to early 5th century BCE

Terracotta-coloured ceramic clay, moulded. The head of the goddess Hera or Demeter wearing a high headdress. Fragment. Late Archaic type.

H: 7.2 cm

UMP 8609

Purchased from antique dealer Karel Chaura in Prague in 1928.