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LOT 0066
Greek Terracotta Gorgon Applique
5TH CENTURY B.C.
2 1/8 in. (28 grams, 54 mm).
Plano-convex in section with band of tight spirals forming the hair, lentoid eyes, snub nose and gaping mouth revealing fangs and protruding tongue.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Cf. similar image used as an antefix in the Getty Museum, accession no.83.AD.211.1.
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