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LOT 0038
Large Greek Terracotta Draped Statue in Praying Attitude
4TH CENTURY B.C.
14 1/2 in. (1.53 kg, 37 cm).
Hollow-formed standing male in floor-length robe with copious sleeves, the left hand held across the chest and the right hand raised palm-outward; short hair combed forward in a severe style; tiered base.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12214-222196.
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.
Cf. similarly formed item in Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession no.59.48.14.
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LOT 0038
Large Greek Terracotta Draped Statue in Praying Attitude
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