Lot 147
147
A BOEOTIAN PAINTED TERRACOTTA FEMALE FIGURE PERFORMING THE 'MANTLE DANCE'
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus bu… Read more THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR Provenance: the majority of this collection (lots 108-150) was formed in the late 19th and early 20th Century.
A BOEOTIAN PAINTED TERRACOTTA FEMALE FIGURE PERFORMING THE 'MANTLE DANCE'

4TH CENTURY B.C.

Details
A BOEOTIAN PAINTED TERRACOTTA FEMALE FIGURE PERFORMING THE 'MANTLE DANCE'
4TH CENTURY B.C.
The figure dancing to her right, her head turned backwards over her left shoulder, entirely draped with only the upper part of her lowered face exposed, on red painted base, rectangular vent hole at back, repaired across base
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Boeotian draped terracotta figures performing the so-called 'Mantle Dance' are discussed in R. A. Higgins, Catalogue of the Terracottas in the British Museum, London, 1969, pp. 236-237, no. 882, pl. 127, for a similar dancing pose; and nos. 884-886, pl. 128, for similar rendering of the swirling drapery.

More from ANTIQUITIES

View All
View All