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PROPERTY OF PROFESSOR AND MRS. SID PORT
FIVE GREEK TERRACOTTA FIGURES
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
FIVE GREEK TERRACOTTA FIGURES
Classical Period, Circa 4th Century B.C.
Including an actor with a tortoise-shell lyre in his left hand and a plectrum in his right; an actor wearing a pilos helmet and short tunic with a cloak tied around his shoulders, preserving traces of original pigment; an old man, perhaps Odysseus, wearing a pilos helmet, a bag slung across his chest; an actor seated on an altar, wearing the mask of a slave; and a group with a seated figure of a boy driving a biga pulled by two dogs, on a high oval plinth
4 in. (10.1 cm) high for the first (5)
Classical Period, Circa 4th Century B.C.
Including an actor with a tortoise-shell lyre in his left hand and a plectrum in his right; an actor wearing a pilos helmet and short tunic with a cloak tied around his shoulders, preserving traces of original pigment; an old man, perhaps Odysseus, wearing a pilos helmet, a bag slung across his chest; an actor seated on an altar, wearing the mask of a slave; and a group with a seated figure of a boy driving a biga pulled by two dogs, on a high oval plinth
4 in. (10.1 cm) high for the first (5)
Provenance
Royal Athena Galleries, New York for the first
Pezholtz Collection, for the second, fourth and fifth
Charles Ede, Ltd, London for the third
Pezholtz Collection, for the second, fourth and fifth
Charles Ede, Ltd, London for the third