LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.

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A BOEOTIAN TERRACOTTA FEMALE FIGURE
LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Standing wearing a peplos, both hands by her sides, wearing high polos with raised back, on raised integral plinth, with remains of red painted decoration, rectangular vent at back, 11 in. (28 cm.) high; an Attic terracotta goddess with archaic facial features, seated on a winged throne with feet on a footstool, wearing himation and diadem, traces of painted decoration, repaired, circa 500 B.C., 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) high; and a Campanian terracotta Dionysos mask applique, with wavy beard and long crinkled moustache, his hair in ringlets across the forehead, remains of white and red pigment, early 5th Century B.C., 2¼ in. (5.5 cm.) high, mounted (3)

Provenance

Wilhelm Horn (1870-1959); acquired from Dr Lederer, 1932, 1930 and 1936 respectively.

Exhibited

All items: Antiken aus rheinischem Privatbesitz, Rheinischen Landesmuseum, Bonn, 1973-1974.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
K. A. Neugebauer, Antiken in Deutschem Privatbesitz, Berlin, 1938, pp. 29-30, no. 102, pl. 42 (item one).
Antiken aus rheinischem Privatbesitz, Rheinischen Landesmuseum, Bonn, 1973-1974, pp. 180-181, no. 264, pl. 119 (item one), p. 177, no. 260, pl. 117 (item two), and p. 173, no. 253, pl. 114 (item three).

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