A BOEOTIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A YOUNG MAN WEARING A PETASOS, standing with legs apart on a semicircular base, his head is inclined downwards, wearing a short tunic, a chlamys which is pinned at his right shoulder, and another short cloak draped around his shoulders, he holds the folds of drapery in his hands, covering his short wavy hair is a broad-brimmed petasos or sun-hat, rectangular vent, repaired, 330-300 B.C.

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A BOEOTIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A YOUNG MAN WEARING A PETASOS, standing with legs apart on a semicircular base, his head is inclined downwards, wearing a short tunic, a chlamys which is pinned at his right shoulder, and another short cloak draped around his shoulders, he holds the folds of drapery in his hands, covering his short wavy hair is a broad-brimmed petasos or sun-hat, rectangular vent, repaired, 330-300 B.C.
9¾in. (24.7cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. R. A. Higgins, Tanagra and the Figurines, London, 1987, pp. 148-149, pl. 181

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