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Greek Terracotta Figure of a Seated Goddess

Greek Terracotta Figure of a Seated Goddess

Greek Terracotta Figure of a Seated Goddess

Greek Terracotta Figure of a Seated Goddess

Greek Terracotta Figure of a Seated Goddess

Greek Terracotta Figure of a Seated Goddess

Greek Terracotta Figure of a Seated Goddess

Greek Terracotta Figure of a Seated Goddess

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LOT 0077

Greek Terracotta Figure of a Seated Goddess

3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.

5 1/2 in. (255 grams, 13.8 cm).

Hollow-formed figurine of a female wearing a himation seated on a high-backed chair with right hand in her lap and left arm bent over the back of the chair; triangular vent to reverse, hollow underside; Tanagra type.

Provenance

Collection of Mr C., Geneva, Switzerland (1936-2016), assembled between 1985 and 2010.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

See Uhlenbrock, J.P., The Coroplast's Art: Greek Terracottas of the Hellenistic World, New York, 1990, for discussion.

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LOT 0077

Greek Terracotta Figure of a Seated Goddess

Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)

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