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LOT 0586

Archaic Greek Terracotta Seated Goddess Group

6TH CENTURY B.C.

3 3/4 - 4 1/2 in. (266 grams total, 9.5-11.7 cm).

Each seated on a high-backed throne, wearing a polos headdress with two long braids falling from underneath the headdress, wearing a long chiton. [3, No Reserve]

Provenance

with H.A.C., Basel, prior 1999.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Biers, W.R., The Archaeology of Greece. An Introduction, Ithaca-London, 1987, fig.8.63, p.236, for a similar statuette; see a similar terracotta of seated Demeter at the Brooklyn Museum, accession no.34.689; other similar terracottas at the British Museum, London, accession nos. GR 1863, 0728, 273, 274, 266, 268 and 269.

CONDITION

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LOT 0586

Archaic Greek Terracotta Seated Goddess Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £208

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