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Large statuette of Artemis. It represents the goddess standing, wearing a short chiton covered with a himation belted under her chest. Her feet are shod. She extends her right arm forward and raises her left. Her head, slightly turned to her left, has a hairstyle made up of wavy locks tied back in a knot at the top and encircled with a ribbon. Terracotta and traces of polychromy. Magna Graecia, Canosa, 3rd century BC. H_44.5 cm Important Canossan polychrome terracotta statue of Artemis. Magna Graecia, 3rd century BC 17.52 in. high. Former Zühlsdorf collection, 1987. The productions of Canosa, located in Daunia, north of Apulia, bear witness to an interesting combination of indigenous tradition and Greek culture. The large statuettes were partly produced in Tarentum, then reworked, and often used as appliqué figures on large vases. This one, isolated, probably decorated the hypogeum of a wealthy local notable.
Sold at auction.