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LOT 0569
Greek Terracotta Female Protome
6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
3 1/8 in. (33 grams total, 79 mm including stand).
Head of a girl with long hair and curls framing the forehead; elongated, oval face with almond-shaped eyes, slender nose and round chin; the lips forming an Archaic smile; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
Provenance
with Herbert A. Cahn, Basle, 1990s.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00075470.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
Cf. late Dedalic bust in Kingsley, B.M., The Terracottas of the Tarantine Greeks, Malibu, 1976, fig.1.
Footnotes
Small mould-made heads were used for female divinities, sphinxes and sirens, or attached to pottery as plastic ornaments. The figure was wearing a polos, a small, drum-shaped headdress designating in this period a divinity.
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LOT 0569
Greek Terracotta Female Protome
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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