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LOT 0073
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
GREEK TERRACOTTA FEMALE BUST
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
9 5/8 in. (1.4 kg total, 24.5 cm including stand).
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
9 5/8 in. (1.4 kg total, 24.5 cm including stand).
Modelled in the round wearing a polos headdress and large disc earrings, the segmented hair retained by a diadem and falling to the shoulders; finely modelled facial features with lentoid eyes and full pouting lips; mounted on a custom-made stand.
PROVENANCE:
with Petit Musée, Montreal, Canada, 1995.
Acquired Bonhams, London, 28 November 2017, lot 74.
Private collection of Professor Kenneth Graham, London, UK.
Accompanied by the original catalogue page and a copy of the original invoice.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Van Rooijen, G., Goddesses of Akragas, a study of terracotta votive figurines from Sicily, Leiden, 2021, nos.96, 163, for similar.
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