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LOT 0640
Boeotian Terracotta Figure of Satyr Playing an Aulos
5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
3 1/2 in. (66 grams, 88 mm).
Modelled in the half-round, hollow to the underside; Satyr shown crouching, nude, playing an aulos, a double-reed musical instrument; plain to the reverse.
ProvenancePrivate collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1994, thence by descent.
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