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LOT 0582

Greek Terracotta Musician Figure

CYPRUS, 7TH CENTURY B.C.

6 1/4 in. (283 grams total, 16 cm including stand).

A musician wearing a broad leaf-shaped headdress, arms bent clasping a D-shaped rhoptron tambourine; red pigment to the headdress, carefully modelled ears, eyes and other facial features; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Formerly in an old Tokyo collection.
Property of a Japanese gentleman, acquired early 1990s.
with Timeline Auctions, London, 4 September 2019, no.904.
Private collection of John Meredith, thence by descent.

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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LOT 0582

Greek Terracotta Musician Figure

Sold for (Inc. bp): £390

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