Graeco-Parthian Terracotta Figure of Musicians

3RD CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

4 in. (118 grams, 10.2 cm).

Modelled in the round as a joined pair of musicians dressed in long skirts wearing conical caps, one playing tambourine and the other oboes.

Provenance

Ex Monique Sancey collection, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
with Bonhams, 14 May 2003, no.229.
European private collection.
Private collection, UK.

Literature

See Louvre Museum, item CA 6819, for the type; examples in Langin-Hooper, Spehanie M., Figurines in Hellenistic Babylonia, 2020, pp.100-146.

CONDITION

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