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Lot 84*

Four Greek terracotta male heads
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3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Four Greek terracotta male heads
Taranto, circa 4th Century B.C.
Comprising a bearded banqueteer wearing a wreath and a broad fillet; two youthful banqueteers with wreaths and fillets decorated with rosettes; and a bearded man in a Phrygian cap centred by a large rosette, 6cm-11cm high (4)

Footnotes

Provenance:
Tom Virzi (1881-1974) collection, New York.
with Galleria Serodine, Ascona (Terrakotten aus Westgriechenland, Casa Serodine Ascona, 1 April 1994-23 May 1994, nos. 24, 38 and 60).
Private collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above.

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