Lot Essay
For a nearly identical example, perhaps by the same hand, see no. 26, figs. 98-100 in G.M.A. Richter, Korai: Archaic Greek Maidens.
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THE PROPERTY OF A SWISS PRIVATE COLLECTOR
TWO BOEOTIAN TERRACOTTA FEMALE MOURNERS
CIRCA 600 B.C.
Details
TWO BOEOTIAN TERRACOTTA FEMALE MOURNERS
CIRCA 600 B.C.
Each with a wheel-thrown cylindrical body, a raised ridge at the waist, with a hand-modeled upper torso, the arms raised with the hands on her head, with a long neck, the face with a pinched nose and a protruding chin, the dotted eyes black, the hair and long-sleeved garment also black
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) high
CIRCA 600 B.C.
Each with a wheel-thrown cylindrical body, a raised ridge at the waist, with a hand-modeled upper torso, the arms raised with the hands on her head, with a long neck, the face with a pinched nose and a protruding chin, the dotted eyes black, the hair and long-sleeved garment also black
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) high
Provenance
Charles Gillet (1879-1972), Lausanne; thence by descent to his son, Renaud Gillet (1913-2001), Paris.
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