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LOT 0085
Boeotian Terracotta Idol
6TH CENTURY B.C.
5 3/4 in. (100 grams, 14.5 cm).
Formed with pinched stub arms, a pinched head crowned with a headpiece and two strands of hair framing an elongated neck; remains of geometric detailing in painted pigment; repaired.
ProvenanceEx Prof. Hans Dahn (1919-2019), Swiss Chemist, Lausanne; acquired 15 July 1958 in Basel (Inventory Inv.GT 5).
LiteratureCf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number: 2024.319.1 and 52.11.1.
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LOT 0085
Boeotian Terracotta Idol
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£825 (EUR 957; USD 1,114) ‡+BP*
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Attic, 4th century B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £550
Comprising two irregular curved sidewall fragments, each with a finely painted youth in profile draped in a himation, attributed to the Akridion Painter; accompanied by a plate with previous auction listing information. 84 grams total, 54-58 mm
Acquired from Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel, 1976. Ex Xavier Pasche, Lausanne. with Dobiaschofsky Auction, 14-17 May 2014, no.2519. -
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Circa 2nd-1st century B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
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From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Greek Terracotta Statuettes of Robed Children
Hellenistic, 3rd-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
Comprising two figures modelled in the round and dressed in long robes, one of a girl with shoulder-long locks wearing a headdress, one of a boy with a hair knot on top; repaired, some parts absent. 85 grams total, 90-95 mm
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