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LOT 0054
Greek Terracotta Antefix
ARCHAIC, 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
5 3/4 in. (78 grams, 13.1 cm).
Mould-made figure of a female upper body with tall headdress and arms spread, hands palm-upwards; beneath, a C-section channel for attachment to a roof.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Cf. a more elaborately modelled example in the British Museum under accession no.1884,1011.2.
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LOT 0054
Greek Terracotta Antefix
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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