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LOT 0070
Hellenistic Terracotta Head of a Woman
3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
4 3/4 in. (499 grams, 12.3 cm wide).
Hollow-formed with flared neck, moulded face with shallow lentoid eyes, snub nose and wide mouth with enigmatic smile; band of hair framing the face.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Cf. similar in Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession no.23.160.95, for type.
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LOT 0070
Hellenistic Terracotta Head of a Woman
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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