24. Aegina Greece - Orthodox Priest Head

Posted on March 23, 2011 by D&Y

Aigina (Greece) 20th - Private Collection Athens Greece

Terracotta head of a Greek Orthodox priest from the Greek island of Aegina (2Oth century). The head is hand made from a potter in the village Mesagros. Aegina was an important ceramic center, supplying (mainly with water jugs) Athens and surrounding areas up to 1960.

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