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Terracotta Bust of Venus, Goddess of Love
C. 4th Century BCE
Etruscan terracotta head of a woman. Seward House records show that the bust was given to Seward by the prominent archaeologist, Luigi Palma di Cesnola (early Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art who excavated extensively in Cyprus.) The records also state that it is from the ruins of Pompeii.