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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.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late-1990s.
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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Etruscan Bronze Figure of Warring Mars
6th century B.C.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,700
The Etrusco-Italic warrior Laran (Roman Mars) modelled in the round, representing a young muscular hero with long torso and rounded shoulders, wearing a high-crested Illyrian helmet with grooved perimeter, a hole above each ear for attaching an ornament; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 326 grams total, 16.2 cm high including stand
Ex Koutoulakis collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch, Munich, 17 June 1999, no.2051. with Sotheby's, New York, 12 June 2001, no.16. with Christie's, London, 2 April 2014, no.125. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11803-206793.
The statuette assumes the position of the 'warring Mars', which characterises the numerous Etruscan and Italic statues of the god produced as votive offerings to the temples or for private lararia. The god is depicted as taking part in a military march with his left leg advancing, his raised right would have held a spear and the left hand a shield. -
Greek Terracotta Figure
4th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £180 - 240 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
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, repaired. 95 grams, 16.5 cm
European art market. Acquired in Münich in 2012. European private collection. -
Cypriot Burnished Terracotta Vessel Group
Bronze Age, 2300-1650 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Mainly spherical with stub neck, incised detailing. 560 grams total, 57-87 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
