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LOT 0076
Greek Terracotta Head of a Goddess
5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
6 7/8 in. (334 grams total, 17.5 cm including stand).
Hollow-formed with moulded detail to the obverse, plain reverse; female head with earrings, bouffant hairstyle and modius, flanked by a torch with flared rim and flame; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market in the early 2000s.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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