HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.

Details

A GREEK TERRACOTTA MASK OF PAN
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
8 ¼ in. (20.9 cm.) high

Provenance

Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 13 July 1970, lot 86.
Artemis A.W. Joukowsky (1930-2020) and Dr. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (1936-2022), Providence, RI, acquired from the above; thence by descent to the current owners.

Literature

T. Hackens and R. Winkes, eds., Love for Antiquity: Selections from the Joukowsky Collection, Louvain-la-Neuve, 1985, pp. 96-97, no. 71.

Exhibited

Providence, List Art Center, Brown University, Love for Antiquity: Selections from the Joukowsky Collection, 12 October-8 November 1985.

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Lot Essay

For a similar mask of Pan, thought to be from Centuripe, Sicily, see p. 22, fig. 9 in G. Jurriaans-Helle, “In de Ban Van Pan – Paniek in Het Museum,” Mededelingen, de Vereniging van Vrienden van het Allard Pierson Museum, no. 97.

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