Large Allegorical Terracotta Sculpture

This imposing and rare 19th-century terracotta sculpture depicts a majestic allegorical female figure. Adorned with a crenellated crown evoking moral powers and the city, she is draped in a toga with flowing and generous folds. The figure firmly holds in her right hand a significant fasces topped with an axe, a republican symbol of authority, unity, and justice, while her left arm is drawn back, indicating a now missing attribute (likely scales, a sword, or a table of law). The nobility of her posture, the expressive treatment of the terracotta, and its natural patina lend this piece a spectacular presence, ideal for connoisseurs of statuary art, historical iconography, and antiques with character.