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LOT 0036

Archaic Greek Terracotta Seated Goddess

5TH CENTURY B.C.

7 1/8 in. (412 grams, 18.2 cm).

Depicting the goddess seated on a high-backed throne and wearing a long dress, her hands resting on the lap.

Provenance

Acquired in Europe before 1996.
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 similar.

Footnotes

The typical 5th century B.C. terracotta female figurine was a standing or seated woman wearing a chiton and a himation. It usually represented the goddess Demeter, and it was a votive figure offered to the shrines or temples. Attica was one of the principal centres of figurine production, but Corinth continued to produce solid standing or seated females with moulded fronts and flat backs.

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LOT 0036

Archaic Greek Terracotta Seated Goddess

Sold for (Inc. bp): £572

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