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CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
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A SOUTH ITALIAN TERRACOTTA BULL ASKOS
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
The recumbent bull with perforated filler hole on back, the loop handle at right angles to the body, base repaired, 8 cm. high; a South Italian terracotta antefix, in the form of a satyr's head, flanked by scrolls, 17.5 cm. high; three Archaic terracottas, comprising a large female head protome, a female bust protome and a female head, 18 cm. high max.; and two draped female terracotta figures, possibly not ancient (7)
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
The recumbent bull with perforated filler hole on back, the loop handle at right angles to the body, base repaired, 8 cm. high; a South Italian terracotta antefix, in the form of a satyr's head, flanked by scrolls, 17.5 cm. high; three Archaic terracottas, comprising a large female head protome, a female bust protome and a female head, 18 cm. high max.; and two draped female terracotta figures, possibly not ancient (7)
Provenance
Acquired in the 1960s or early 1970s.
Exhibited
(1): Rotterdam, Historisch Museum, Bezeten Bezit, Keuzetentoonstelling uit de verzameling van Mevrouw W.G. Elias-Vaes te Rotterdam, exhibition catalogue, 18 April - 1 August 1970, no. 735.
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