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LOT 0085
Greek Tanagra Female Figure with Fan
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
6 1/4 in. (189 grams, 16 cm high).
Modelled robed with a palmette fan; rectangular slot to reverse, hollow underside; with traces of white engobe and polychromy; recomposed from fragments.
Provenance
Private collection Adry de Carbuccia, Sainte-Maxime, France, acquired prior to 1975.
with Eurl Eve, Paris, 11 December 2013, lot 30.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate number S00085753, dated 26 March 2014.
Accompanied by a copy of a French cultural passport no.1537836.
Accompanied by a copy of an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.QED1340/FG-0404 from QED Laboratoire.
Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Eurl Eve catalogue pages.
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