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Lot 67

A Canosan terracotta female figure

Amended
28 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£3,000 - £5,000

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A Canosan terracotta female figure
Circa 3rd Century B.C.
Possibly Thalia, Muse of Comedy, standing on a spool base, holding a theatrical mask in her left hand, wearing an enveloping himation, her foot emerging below, with traces of blue, pink and purple pigment remaining, the head added later, 34.2cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 July 1992, lot 356.
with Herbert A. Cahn, Kunst der Antike, Basel.
Drs Gerd and Sigrid von der Gönna collection, Germany, acquired from the above 26 October 1996.

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Please note the estimate for this lot should read £1,500-2,000.

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