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Lot 10

A Corinthian terracotta articulated doll

7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Corinthian terracotta articulated doll
Circa 4th Century B.C.
Her curling hair dressed in a broad band knotted at the front, the slender body with elongated articulated arms and legs, holding a cymbal in her left hand, 15cm high

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Provenance:
UK private collection, acquired prior to the mid-1980s, and thence by descent to D.M. Accompanied by a handwritten note by Mary Hillier authenticating the doll.

Literature:
There is a similar example in the British Museum, London, acc.no.1865,0720.35.

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