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THE PROPERTY OF AN ILLINOIS COLLECTOR
A GREEK BRONZE MAIDEN
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 470-450 B.C.
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A GREEK BRONZE MAIDEN
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 470-450 B.C.
Standing with her right leg advanced, wearing a peplos pinned at the shoulders and draped into a V at her neck, with a long overfold pleated below, her toes emerging from the hem, her arms both bent at the elbow and held out, perhaps once holding attributes, her head angled slightly downward and to her right, her hair rolled back from her forehead, a tenon below the right foot and at the hem of her garment at the heel of the left foot
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 470-450 B.C.
Standing with her right leg advanced, wearing a peplos pinned at the shoulders and draped into a V at her neck, with a long overfold pleated below, her toes emerging from the hem, her arms both bent at the elbow and held out, perhaps once holding attributes, her head angled slightly downward and to her right, her hair rolled back from her forehead, a tenon below the right foot and at the hem of her garment at the heel of the left foot
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
Provenance
T. Burton-Brown.
Anonymousa sale; Sotheby's, London, 10-11 July 1989, lot 172.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1990.
The Morven Collection of Ancient Art; Christie's, New York, 8 June 2004, lot 389.
Anonymousa sale; Sotheby's, London, 10-11 July 1989, lot 172.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1990.
The Morven Collection of Ancient Art; Christie's, New York, 8 June 2004, lot 389.
Exhibited
The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
From Olympus to the Underworld, Ancient Bronzes from the John W. Kluge Collection, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 26 March - 23 June 1996.
From Olympus to the Underworld, Ancient Bronzes from the John W. Kluge Collection, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 26 March - 23 June 1996.
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Please note the description in the catalogue is incorrect. It is now correct on christies.com.
The correct date is circa 470-450 B.C..
The correct provenance is:
T. Burton-Brown
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 10-11 July 1989, lot 172.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1990.
The correct Exhibition history is:
The Ashmolean Museum, Oxfod.
From Olympus to the Underworld, Ancient Bronzes from the John W. Kluge Collection, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 26 March - 23 June 1996.
The correct date is circa 470-450 B.C..
The correct provenance is:
T. Burton-Brown
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 10-11 July 1989, lot 172.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1990.
The correct Exhibition history is:
The Ashmolean Museum, Oxfod.
From Olympus to the Underworld, Ancient Bronzes from the John W. Kluge Collection, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 26 March - 23 June 1996.