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Lot 8 - Auction 31

A Boeotian Terracotta figure of a Goddess ca. 575 – 550 BC
Price realized:
3.000,00 GBP
Bids:
4

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Lot status:
Auction closed

Description

A Boeotian Terracotta figure of a Goddess
ca. 575 – 550 BC; alt. cm 15,2 ; Probably representing Demeter or Persephone, seated on a throne, wearing a long and highly decorative dress, the solid hand-made body of highly stylised flattened form, with short stumpy arms outstreched, the face indicated only by a beak-like nose and surmounted by a volute attached to her polos.



PROVENANCE:
Italian private collection, acquired from Pandolfini (27 October 2009, lot 242); formerly in the famous Erlenmeyer Collection (Sotheby’s, London 9 July 1990, lot 47).

This lot is sold with an export licence issued by the Republic of Italy.

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