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LOT 0570
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.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. similar though larger Tarentine female head in the Metropolitan Museum under accession number: 2013.612.
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Opening Bid: £180
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Etrusco-Italic Bronze Warrior or Laran, God of War
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Opening Bid: £2,500
The warrior (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 N. Koutoulakis, Geneva. Ex Gorny & Mosch, Munich, 17 June 1999, no.2051. with Sotheby's, New York, 12 June 2001, no.16. with Chrisitie's, New York, 7 December 2007, no.82. 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. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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