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Lot 104*

Two Etruscan terracotta votive wombs
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3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Two Etruscan terracotta votive wombs
Circa 4th-3rd Century B.C.
Hollow and moulded in ridged relief, one with the cervix modelled and a lateral projection, 11.5cm and 12.5cm long (2)

Footnotes

Provenance:
Baron Ricky di Portanova and Baroness Alessandra di Portanova collection, USA.
The di Portanova Collection; Christie's, New York, 20 October 2000, lot 285 (part).
Private collection, UK, acquired at the above sale.

The muscular ripples may suggest contraction during childbirth.

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