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LOT 0649

Greek Terracotta Head

TARENTINE, 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.

2 in. (22 grams, 49 mm).

Female head moulded with a segmented conical cap, pierced ears visible beneath; the head slightly turned and tilted downwards on a 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 0649

Greek Terracotta Head

Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)

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