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LOT 0273
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.
ProvenanceEx Monique Sancey collection, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
with Bonhams, 14 May 2003, no.229.
European private collection.
Private collection, UK.
See Louvre Museum, item CA 6819, for the type; examples in Langin-Hooper, Spehanie M., Figurines in Hellenistic Babylonia, 2020, pp.100-146.
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LOT 0273
Graeco-Parthian Terracotta Figure of Musicians
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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