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LOT 0623
Greek Terracotta Head of a Female
TARENTINE, 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
2 1/4 in. (43 grams, 56 mm).
Female head moulded with a segmented conical cap with earlobes visible beneath; the head slightly turned and tilted downwards on a long slender neck.
Provenance
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late-1990s.
Literature
Cf. similar though larger Tarentine female head in the Metropolitan Museum under accession number: 2013.612.
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LOT 0623
Greek Terracotta Head of a Female
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
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