Lot Essay
For a similar Demeter protome, cf. R. A. Higgins, Catalogue of the Terracottas in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum, London, 1954, no. 857, p. 228.
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PROBABLY BOEOTIA, CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
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A GREEK TERRACOTTA DEMETER PROTOME
PROBABLY BOEOTIA, CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
With white slip, the ribbed hair centrally parted and falling to the shoulders, wearing polos, with almond-shaped eyes and full lips, remains of red pigment on drapery and polos; together with a terracotta female protome fragment wearing stephane and disc earrings
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) and 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high respectively (2)
PROBABLY BOEOTIA, CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
With white slip, the ribbed hair centrally parted and falling to the shoulders, wearing polos, with almond-shaped eyes and full lips, remains of red pigment on drapery and polos; together with a terracotta female protome fragment wearing stephane and disc earrings
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) and 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high respectively (2)
Provenance
with Ariadne Galleries, New York.
Mavrommatis collection, Switzerland; acquired early 1990s.
Mavrommatis collection, Switzerland; acquired early 1990s.
Brought to you by
Georgina Aitken
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