TWO GREEK TERRACOTTA FRAGMENTARY MALE FIGURES
TWO GREEK TERRACOTTA FRAGMENTARY MALE FIGURES
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TWO GREEK TERRACOTTA FRAGMENTARY MALE FIGURES

TARENTINE, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.

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TWO GREEK TERRACOTTA FRAGMENTARY MALE FIGURES
TARENTINE, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
8 in. (20.5 cm.) high. max.
Provenance
with Donati Arte Classica, Lugano.
Fridolin (1903-1969) and Halina (1907-1989) Schwitter-Lagutt Collection, Basel, acquired from the above in 1958.
Literature
H. Herdejürgen, 'Tarentinische Terrakotten der Sammlung Schwitter,' in Antike Kunst 16, 1973, pp. 104, 106, nos 93, and 97, pl. 22.
Exhibited
On loan to the Antikenmuseum, Basel, 1971-2022.
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


Resting across the chest of the Dionysos figure wearing a rosette headdress is the arm of a child. For a similar group of a woman and child see R. A. Higgins, Catalogue of the Terracottas in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London, 1970, p. 367, no. 1354bis, pl. 189.

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