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LOT 0592
Greek Terracotta Female Protome Group
EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
2 3/4 - 4 1/4 in. (182 grams total, 7.1-10.7 cm).
Each tongue-shaped in plan and hollow to the reverse, female bust in high-relief with palla head-covering. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
with H.A.C., Basel, prior 1999.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Van Rooijen, G., Goddesses of Akragas, a study of terracotta votive figurines from Sicily, Leiden, 2021, no.163, for similar.
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