A CORINTHIAN TERRACOTTA DOLL
Lot 308

A CORINTHIAN TERRACOTTA DOLL

EARLY 4TH CENTURY B.C.

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GBP 4,370

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A CORINTHIAN TERRACOTTA DOLL
EARLY 4TH CENTURY B.C.
With arms and lower legs attached separately, wearing a sphendone in her curly hair, and pointed shoes, carrying castanets(?) in her left hand, pierced through the top of the head for suspension, remains of painted decoration, left leg repaired, mounted
6 in. (16 cm.) high

Specialist note

Cf. R. A. Higgins, Catalogue of the Terracottas, I, The British Museum, London, 1969, p. 260, no. 959, pl. 135 for similar Corinthian doll "from Athens".