Lot Essay
Item two: for similar cf. R. A. Higgins, Catalogue of the Terracottas in the British Museum, vol. 1, London, 1954, p. 350, no. 1284, pl. 176.
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CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
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A GREEK TERRACOTTA ROOSTER
CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
Mould-made with well-modelled comb, wattle and beak, resting on stumpy legs, 5 5/16 in. (15 cm.) high; together with a Greek terracotta mould-made male head, his luxuriant wavy hair bound with a wide fillet surmounted by a foliate wreath, with traces of red pigment, Tarentum, circa 4th century B.C., 4 1/8 in. (10.4 cm.) high
CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
Mould-made with well-modelled comb, wattle and beak, resting on stumpy legs, 5 5/16 in. (15 cm.) high; together with a Greek terracotta mould-made male head, his luxuriant wavy hair bound with a wide fillet surmounted by a foliate wreath, with traces of red pigment, Tarentum, circa 4th century B.C., 4 1/8 in. (10.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Dr. Rudolf Schmidt (1900-1970) collection, Solothurn, thence by descent to the present owner.
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