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    12 June 2002

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    • A GREEK TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A
    Lot 27

    A GREEK TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A BANQUETER

    CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.

    Price realised

    USD 1,195

    Estimate

    USD 2,000 - USD 3,000

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    A GREEK TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A BANQUETER
    Classical Period, Circa 5th Century B.C.
    The draped figure reclining on a kline, with the left arm resting on a pillow, the right on the raised right knee, the long hair in plaits depicted with red pigment, preserving traces of red pigment over white slip throughout; together with a Greek terracotta seated draped woman (not illustrated) with her mantle pulled up over the back of her head as a veil, holding a small child in her left arm, her right arm resting on her lap
    6¼ in. (15.9 cm) long for the first (2)

    Provenance

    Summa Galleries, Inc., Beverly Hills for the banqueter
    Superior Galleries, Los Angeles for the female figure holding a child

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    PROPERTY OF PROFESSOR AND MRS. SID PORT

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