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LOT 0535
Etruscan Terracotta Hand with Offerings
CIRCA 6TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.
5 3/4 in. (384 grams, 14.5 cm).
Left hand modelled in the round with a ring to the third finger formed with a broad discoid bezel, the palm supporting a small broad bowl with six applied pellets for the offering; surface deposits and traces of pigment.
Provenance
From the private collection of C.H., Niedersachsen, acquired between the 1960s and 1987.
Acquired from Gorny & Mosch, Munich, Germany, 18 December 2018, lot 94 (part).
Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 18.11.
Accompanied by detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph.
Accompanied by a copy of the Gorny & Mosch invoice.
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