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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

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 0089

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.

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 0089

Greek Terracotta Figure of a Seated Goddess

Sold for (Inc. bp): £650

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