Lot Essay
Sold Christie's, London, 10 July 1974, lot 31.
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
An Etruscan bronze figure of a man
5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
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An Etruscan bronze figure of a man
5th-4th Century B.C.
Standing, wearing a long ankle-length himation with diagonal folds and a conical headdress, the body of flat elongated rectangular form with a human mask in raised relief on the breast, the hands extending from the garment at waist level, the right clasping a bowl, the face with slightly open mouth and smiling mouth, mounted
7 7/8in. (20cm.) high
5th-4th Century B.C.
Standing, wearing a long ankle-length himation with diagonal folds and a conical headdress, the body of flat elongated rectangular form with a human mask in raised relief on the breast, the hands extending from the garment at waist level, the right clasping a bowl, the face with slightly open mouth and smiling mouth, mounted
7 7/8in. (20cm.) high