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LOT 0042
Etruscan Painted Terracotta Architectural Cornice
5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
13 1/2 in. (5.1 kg, 34.5 cm wide).
A fragment of amorphous form, decorated in relief with scrolling tendrils and anthemion, painted egg-and-dart ornament above, surmounted by moulded bands and a frieze of meander and chequerboard panels; remains of red and black painted pigment.
Provenance
Private collection, Switzerland, 1960s.
From the Sir Claude Hankes-Drielsma collection, prior to 2006.
with Christie's, London, The Stanford Place Collection of Antiquities, 26 April 2006, lot 36.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate number S00209802, dated 14 June 2021.
Accompanied by a detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.203716.
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