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A TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A WOMAN
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A TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A WOMAN

EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C., MAGNA GRAECIA

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A TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A WOMAN
EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C., MAGNA GRAECIA
Standing, wearing a himation over a pleated chiton, with hair dressed in tight curls over her forehead, on integral base, hands missing
15¾ in. (40 cm.) high
Provenance
Collection of Edouard des Courières (1896-1987), acquired prior to 1957.
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Lot Essay

Cf. Catalogue of the Terracottas, I, The British Museum, London, 1969, p. 300, pl. 150, no. 1092 for a Sicilian terracotta of a woman with similar crinkled chiton, holding a pig, probably representing a votary with an offering to Demeter or Persephone; also, p. 326, pl. 165, no. 1202 for a terracotta woman with similar chiton from Locri.

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