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LOT 0577
Greek Terracotta Goddess Figure
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
6 1/2 in. (95 grams, 16.5 cm).
Tanagra type, hollow-formed with a void to the reverse, standing female in tiered robe wearing a diadem and with her hair drawn back, right hand cradling an object; chipped.
Provenance
European art market.
Acquired in Münich in 2012.
European private collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
See Dillon, S., The Female Portrait Statue in the Greek World, Cambridge, 2010.
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