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LOT 0579
Romano-Egyptian Terracotta Figure of a Slave with Fruit Basket
1ST CENTURY A.D.
6 7/8 in. (286 grams, 17.5 cm).
Hollow-formed figure of a servant with grotesque facial features, pointed cap and a short tunic, carrying a pouch in the right hand and shoulders an overflowing fruit basket on the left; a large recess between his legs may be for the insertion of an oversized model phallus; pierced lug to rear of neck for suspension.
Provenance
Acquired from Galerie Puhze, Freiburg, between 2002 and 2010.
From the collection of R. L., Lower Saxony.
Ex Gorny & Mosch, auction 300, Munich, no.75.
Accompanied by a certificate from Galerie Günter Puhze and a German export licence.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
See Gods, Tombs & Grotesques - Clay Figures from Everyday Life in Roman Egypt, Exhibition Hamburg, 1991, no.104.
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LOT 0579
Romano-Egyptian Terracotta Figure of a Slave with Fruit Basket
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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