CAMPANIAN, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.

Details

A GREEK TERRACOTTA PROTOME WITH APHRODITE
CAMPANIAN, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
10 in. (25.5 cm.) high

Provenance

with Donati Arte Classica, Lugano.
Fridolin (1903-1969) and Halina (1907-1989) Schwitter-Lagutt Collection, Basel, acquired from the above in 1965.

Exhibited

On loan to the Antikenmuseum, Basel, 1971-2022.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

This protome is moulded with the figure of Aphrodite, depicted with one hand holding her drapery, the other resting on the top of her head and with long tresses of her hair falling onto her shoulders. The diminutive figure of winged Eros perched on her left shoulder. Perforated on the reverse for suspension.

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