Francesca Hickin
Head of Department
Lot 79*
Three Greek terracotta heads 3
3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,147.50 inc. premium
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Siobhan Quin
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Three Greek terracotta heads
Circa late 6th-4th Century B.C.
Comprising a female protome, with a himation drawn over the hair; and two heads from Taranto, a female with thick wavy hair bound by a diadem and a youth wearing a broad fillet, 8.5cm-15cm high (3)
Circa late 6th-4th Century B.C.
Comprising a female protome, with a himation drawn over the hair; and two heads from Taranto, a female with thick wavy hair bound by a diadem and a youth wearing a broad fillet, 8.5cm-15cm high (3)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Tom Virzi (1881-1974) collection, New York.
Private collection, Switzerland, in part acquired from Galleria Serodine, Ascona (Terrakotten aus Westgriechenland, Casa Serodine Ascona, 1 April 1994-23 May 1994, nos. 43 and 48).
For a similar protome, see R.A. Higgins, Catalogue of the Terracottas in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum, Volume I, London, 1954, no. 294.