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Lot 56

A Boeotian terracotta figure

3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£2,000 - £3,000

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A Boeotian terracotta figure
Circa 6th Century B.C.
The stylised figure seated on a conical stool, arms resting in its lap, the long neck extended, the head in the form of a volute, with pierced eyes, with striped and dotted decoration in reddish-brown slip, 10.5cm high

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Provenance:
Hans Erlenmeyer (1900-1967) collection, Switzerland.
Antiquities from The Erlenmeyer Collection; Sotheby's, London, 9 July 1990, lot 39.
Private collection, Italy.
Anonymous sale; Pandolfini, Florence, 27 October 2009, lot 237.

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