Lot Essay
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PROPERTY OF PROFESSOR AND MRS. SID PORT
FOUR TERRACOTTA FIGURES
CIRCA 7TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
FOUR TERRACOTTA FIGURES
Circa 7th-5th Century B.C.
Including a Graeco-Phoenician female figure standing on a plinth with her hands supporting her breasts, wearing a beaded pendant necklace, a long tunic and a conical headdress; and three Cypriot figures, one a standing goddess, bejeweled, with long hair, wearing a long-sleeved tunic, her hands held together at her chest, a wreath on her head; a standing hand-modeled musician, bejeweled, with long hair, wearing a long tunic and holding a lyre against her left shoulder; and a standing hand-modeled figure (not illustrated) wearing a tall flattened headdress, holding a tambourine in her right hand
5¼ in. (13.3 cm) high for the first (4)
Circa 7th-5th Century B.C.
Including a Graeco-Phoenician female figure standing on a plinth with her hands supporting her breasts, wearing a beaded pendant necklace, a long tunic and a conical headdress; and three Cypriot figures, one a standing goddess, bejeweled, with long hair, wearing a long-sleeved tunic, her hands held together at her chest, a wreath on her head; a standing hand-modeled musician, bejeweled, with long hair, wearing a long tunic and holding a lyre against her left shoulder; and a standing hand-modeled figure (not illustrated) wearing a tall flattened headdress, holding a tambourine in her right hand
5¼ in. (13.3 cm) high for the first (4)
Provenance
Royal Athena Galleries, New York, for the goddess