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LOT 0478

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GBP (£) 100 - 140
EUR (€) 120 - 170
USD ($) 120 - 170

Current bid: £35 (‡+bp*)
(4 Bids, Reserve met)

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(4 Bids, Reserve met)   |   Current bid: £35
EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF ARTEMIS OF EPHESUS
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
7 1/8 in. (222 grams, 18 cm).

Hollow-formed figure of Artemis wearing a voluminous wreath, head emerging from a bunch of grapes between two vine leaves; vent on top of the head; opening to rear. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
The Erotica Collection Christian von Faber-Castell, Küsnacgt ZH, Switzerland, since the late 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

FOOTNOTES:
The statue of Artemis at Ephesus (modern Turkey) is modelled with breasts in multiple tiers and with a hairstyle reminiscent of that on this figure.

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