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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.
Provenancewith 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.
Cf. late Dedalic bust in Kingsley, B.M., The Terracottas of the Tarantine Greeks, Malibu, 1976, fig.1.
FootnotesSmall 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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5th-4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising a thick round-section bow tapering to each end; the forward end developing to a two-coiled spring and pin, the rear to a rectangular catchplate with flanges to the upper and lower edges, a long spike finial; the catch with incised geometric ornament. 10.7 grams, 83 mm
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. -
Greek Terracotta Female Protome
6th-5th century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £180
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. 33 grams total, 79 mm including stand
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.
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. -
South Italian Blackware Wine Kantharos with Vine
5th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
The high-handled drinking cup with carinated lower body, discoid feet and vines painted to the equator. 472 grams, 23.3 cm high
Acquired in Europe before 1994. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
