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Greek Terracotta Head Fragment

Greek Terracotta Head Fragment

Greek Terracotta Head Fragment

Greek Terracotta Head Fragment

Greek Terracotta Head Fragment

Greek Terracotta Head Fragment

Greek Terracotta Head Fragment

Greek Terracotta Head Fragment

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LOT 0092

Greek Terracotta Head Fragment

6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.

10 5/8 in. (1.1 kg, 27 cm high).

Hollow-formed with neatly dressed hair confined by a cap or fillet; traces of pigment to the eyes.

Provenance

Acquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private Swiss collection since 1998.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11607-198986.

Literature

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 74.51.1473, for a comparable face identified as Cypriot.

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LOT 0092

Greek Terracotta Head Fragment

Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)

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