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CANOSAN, 3RD CENTURY B.C.
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A HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA INCENSE STAND
CANOSAN, 3RD CENTURY B.C.
In the form of a female head, on integral square base, wearing large tear-shaped earrings (one missing), and thick ivy leaf fillet, surmounted by an open flower with curling leaves below; and a Hellenistic terracotta 'head' vase, the female head wearing diadem with applied discs, and two upright leaves, surmounted by a draped female figure, a strap handle at rear, probably 3rd Century B.C., remains of pigment on both
7 in. (17.8 cm.) and 16 in. (40.6 cm.) high respectively (2)
CANOSAN, 3RD CENTURY B.C.
In the form of a female head, on integral square base, wearing large tear-shaped earrings (one missing), and thick ivy leaf fillet, surmounted by an open flower with curling leaves below; and a Hellenistic terracotta 'head' vase, the female head wearing diadem with applied discs, and two upright leaves, surmounted by a draped female figure, a strap handle at rear, probably 3rd Century B.C., remains of pigment on both
7 in. (17.8 cm.) and 16 in. (40.6 cm.) high respectively (2)
Provenance
Sold Sotheby's London, 12-13 December 1983, part lot 264 (item one); and Sotheby's London, 9-10 July 1984, part lot 539 (item two).
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