Details

THREE GREEK TERRACOTTA ANIMALS SOUTH ITALY, CIRCA 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C. Comprising a Canosan terracotta dove white-slipped, with details in red including rosette on pectoral; a terracotta boar rattle, with pointed nose, erect ears, curled tail, a sleeping boy on its back, remains of white pigment overall, on integral base; and a terracotta cockerel with traces of white and red pigment, with high crest, wattle and curled tail feather 5 in. (12.7 cm.) high max. (3)

Provenance

Jacques Werner collection, Belgium; acquired in the 1980s; thence by descent to the present owner.