Greek Terracotta Bull Statuette

An alabaster bust of a goddess with elongated face and large almond-shaped eyes; braided hair with openwork topknot and socket to accept an inset stud, gathered at the rear in a chignon. 639 grams, 11.6 cm



Acquired early 1990s. Ex private American collection; thence by descent. Private Swiss collection since 1998. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11611-199026.

Several female figures, found in the Parthian graves of Babylonia, are represented in loose attire exhibiting strange headdresses, which give us some notion of the costume of the period. Some of them show a headgear rising into two tall conical peaks, from which a veil is suspended. Nude female figures, probably representing Assyrian Mylitta or Venus, were extremely common during the Parthian period, having been handed down from antiquity. Similar figures are universal throughout the east before the Christian era.

A bronze mount depicting a captured leopard advancing in profile with large teeth carefully depicted; chain attached to the foreleg, fetters on both ankles; mounting lug to the reverse. 38.3 grams, 65 mm



Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.

A terracotta head of a satyr (probably Silenus) with furrowed brow, prominent moustache and crescent beard; traces of pigment to the surface; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 80 grams total, 66 mm high including stand



with Hotel Drouot, Succession of Former collection Colonel W. Mutiaux, Paris, 5 September 1952, lot 66. Ex collection of Eugène Muriaux (1846-1925?). From the collection M.W., Paris, France, 1950-1970. Ex collection of Françoise and Claude Bourelier.