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LOT 0102
Greek Terracotta of Drunken Silenus Seated on a Ram
SOUTH ITALIAN, 3RD CENTURY B.C.
4 3/4 in. (257 grams, 12.2 cm).
Hollow-formed and modelled in the round figure of a shaggy ram standing on a rectangular base with the slouching figure of Silenus on his back, clutching a large drinking horn in his right hand; white and red pigment; hollow underside.
Provenance
with Fortuna, Galerie fur alte Kunst, Zurich, 1998.
Private collection, Zurich, acquired from the above in 2002.
with Bonhams, New Bond Street, London, 1 December 2020, no.67.
Private collection, UK.
Accompanied by copies of the relevant Fortuna, Galerie fur alte Kunst catalogue pages.
Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages.
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