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LOT 0058

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.

Provenance

Acquired 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.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. similar in Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession no.23.160.95, for type.

CONDITION
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LOT 0058

Hellenistic Terracotta Head of a Woman

Sold for (Inc. bp): £780

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