CIRCA LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.

Details

A GREEK TERRACOTTA FIGURE
CIRCA LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.
2 3⁄4 in. (7 cm.) long

Provenance

Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Paris and Geneva; thence by descent to the present owner.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve. This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

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Lot Essay

Hand-made terracotta figurines depicting man and women engaged in their daily activities were widely produced in Boeotia, mainly for the local market and were often left in tombs, cf. R. A. Higgins, Greek Terracottas, London, 1967, p. 77. Another similar example depicting a woman bathing in a schematic style was found in Rhodes and dated to the mid-5th Century B.C., cf. R. A. Higgins, Terracottas in the British Museum, London, 1969, p. 88, no. 236.

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