PROTOME OF A WOMAN Representing a female bust wearing a stephane. She is wearing the peplos and himation. Her neck is adorned with a necklace of drop-shaped pearls. The face is characterised by soft, youthful features. Moulded terracotta. H. 27 x L. 21 cm Southern Italy, 5th century BC Provenance Former J.M. private collection, Belgium SVV Pierre-Bergé, November 2012 Antiquités d'Ainay, Lyon Private collection J. Grall, France, acquired in November 2013 in Paris A South Italian terracotta female protome. Representing a female bust decorated with the stephane. She is dressed in the peplos and the himation. The neck is decorated with a necklace of pearls in the shape of drops. The face is characterized by soft and youthful features. 5th century BCE.