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LOT 0527

Sold for (Inc. bp): £195

GREEK TERRACOTTA FEMALE PROTOME
EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
3 7/8 in. (107 grams, 99 mm).

Tongue-shaped in plan and hollow to the reverse, female bust in high-relief with palla head-covering; pierced for attachment.

PROVENANCE:
Private collection Ebnöther, Switzerland, before 2001.

Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00121356.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

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