A Canosan terracotta pseudo-vessel
Early 3rd Century B.C.
The body in the form of a female head with red lips, wearing a pink diadem decorated with three blue and pink rosettes and a meander motif, a blue and pink palm leaf on each side, the over-arching handle terminating in a female figure, dressed in a long pink himation, her red hair surmounted by a pink diadem, extensive traces of white and polychrome slip remaining, 15½in (39.5cm) high
Early 3rd Century B.C.
The body in the form of a female head with red lips, wearing a pink diadem decorated with three blue and pink rosettes and a meander motif, a blue and pink palm leaf on each side, the over-arching handle terminating in a female figure, dressed in a long pink himation, her red hair surmounted by a pink diadem, extensive traces of white and polychrome slip remaining, 15½in (39.5cm) high
Estimate:
£2,000 - 3,000
US$ 3,000 - 4,600
€2,400 - 3,600
US$ 3,000 - 4,600
€2,400 - 3,600
Footnotes
- Provenance:
American private collection of an old 'Founding Family' in San Francisco, acquired in the 1950s from the New York art market.
Category: Antiquities
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