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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]
Provenancewith 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.
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.
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Greek White Ground Pottery Collection
5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Comprising various vessel fragments, some with linear decoration, and one important fragment with the image of a Ephebos, covered by a red-brown himation. 88 grams total, 29-75 mm
From a deceased estate, UK. Acquired on the UK art market. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The fragment with the Ephebos is realised in a style similar to the Thanatos painter. Usually the figure of the young man is opposed to a woman, and the young man is usually holding a fillet. The hairstyle of the young man seems to point to the third quarter of the 5th century B.C. -
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Greek Terracotta Female Antefix
Archaic, 6th-5th century B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,111
Mould-made figure of a female upper body with tall curved and conical headdress, hair dressed in braids falling to her shoulders and flanking her breasts, arms spread and right hand curled to grip a handle or sword-hilt; beneath, a tapering mounting peg for attachment to a roof. 411 grams, 26 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12207-222349. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Greek Terracotta Female Protome Group
Early 5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Each tongue-shaped in plan and hollow to the reverse, female bust in high-relief with palla head-covering. 350 grams total, 9.5-11.4 cm
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.
