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LOT 0052

Greek Terracotta Antefix

ARCHAIC, 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.

10 1/2 in. (411 grams, 26 cm).

Mould-made figure of a female upper body with tall curved and conical headdress, hair dressed in braids falling to her shoulders and flanking her breasts, arms spread and right hand curled to grip a handle or sword-hilt; beneath, a tapering mounting peg for attachment to a roof.

Provenance

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12207-222349.

Literature

Cf. a more elaborately modelled example in the British Museum under accession no.1884,1011.2.

CONDITION

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LOT 0052

Greek Terracotta Antefix

Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)

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