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LOT 0587

Sold for (Inc. bp): £416

GREEK ARCHAIC HUMAN-FACED IDOL
DAEDALIC, 8TH CENTURY B.C.
6 1/2 in. (147 grams, 16.7 cm).

Modelled in the round mould-formed figure with D-shaped human face, stub arms and columnar body with flared base; exaggerated facial features, tall headdress and coiled loop above.

PROVENANCE:
German private collection, before 1997.

Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00003188.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

CONDITION
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