A Greek terracotta statuette probably of the goddess Demeter, enthroned on a high-backed throne and wears the polos headdress and himation. The figure is covered with a thin layer of light grey encrustation, with small patches of terracotta visible beneath.
Supplied with a wooden stand.
 
Archaic Greek: Circa 6th-5th century BC.
 
Condition: One of the legs of the throne half missing with losses to the sides of the chair and the proper right side of the polos, some overall surface wear, chipping, and with a thin layer of accretions.
Height 15.25 cms (6 ins).
 
Provenance: Ex Bonhams 24 Nov 2025 part lot 141: Previously Lloyd and Jeanne Raport Collection, Washington DC and Florida, acquired from the above, November 17, 1984. Acquired from Royal-Athena Galleries, New York.
 
For similar see Brooklyn Museum 37951 
 
Such figures would have been placed in home shrines for prayer to Demeter to grant a favourable harvest.