A MYCENAEAN PAINTED POTTERY PSI-FIGURE

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A MYCENAEAN PAINTED POTTERY PSI-FIGURE
CIRCA 1300-1240 B.C.
The female figure or goddess wearing a decorated flaring polos-headdress wth arms upraised, the hollow conical body painted orange-brown with striped upper garment and flaring skirt
4¾ in. (12 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. Das Mykenische Hellas Heimat der Helden Homers, Berlin, 1988, p. 201, no. 177 for a vessel showing four mourning figures with hollow conical bodies attached to the rim of an offering bowl.

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