MID-5TH CENTURY B.C.

Details

A RHODIAN TERRACOTTA FEMALE HEAD PROTOME
MID-5TH CENTURY B.C.
Wearing stephane and veil over curled fringe and wearing large circular earrings with painted rosette motif, the stephane painted with geometric border in blue, yellow and red, the veil with red geometric decoration, eyes and fringe outlined in black, pierced twice at the top
11 5/8 in. (19.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired in 1968.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Galerie am Neumarkt, Zurich, Antiken, Auktion XX, 19 November 1970, no. 31.

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