Lot 105
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TWO GREEK TERRACOTTA ANTEFIXES
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TWO GREEK TERRACOTTA ANTEFIXES

TARENTINE, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.

Details
TWO GREEK TERRACOTTA ANTEFIXES
TARENTINE, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
7 1⁄2 in. (19 cm.) high
Provenance
Fridolin (1903-1969) and Halina (1907-1989) Schwitter-Lagutt Collection, Basel, acquired prior to 1971.
Exhibited
On loan to the Antikenmuseum, Basel, 1971-2022.
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Lot Essay


One moulded with the head of Io, the priestess of Hera, who was turned into a heifer, with protruding cow's ears, horns now missing, wearing large disc and triangular earrings. For similar cf. R. Higgins, Catalogue of Greek Terracottas in The British Museum,Vol I, London, 1969, pp. 361-362, nos 1329-1330, pl. 183.

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