Bidspirit auction | PHOENICIAN TERRACOTTA HEAD OF TANIT

PHOENICIAN TERRACOTTA HEAD OF TANIT - Ca. 500 - 400 BC A Phoenician terracotta head of Tanit, the Phoenician goddess invoked for fertility and rain in times of drought. A minimalist visage with a pointed nose and large chin framed by a flowing coiffure under a long headdress. For similar see: I Fenici, Bompiani, n. 547, p. 676. Size: 160mm x 105mm; Weight: 200g Provenance: Private Old English collection; From an old London collection formed in the 1990s.