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Lot 85*

Twelve small Greek terracotta heads
12

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

Sold for £4,437.50 inc. premium

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Twelve small Greek terracotta heads
South Italy, circa 4th-2nd Century B.C.
Comprising a young male wearing a Phrygian cap; four females variously adorned with foliate wreathes and earrings; two females with melon coiffure; a female wearing a thick fillet; two females each with waved hair bound in a chignon; a satyr with a large, spade-shaped beard; and an African youth with exaggerated features; some with remnants of black, red and white slip, 2.8cm-7.5cm high (12)

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Provenance:
Tom Virzi (1881-1974) collection, New York (incl. nos. 58, 68, 75, 77, 80, 287, 370, 373, 506, 508).
Private collection, Switzerland.
Private collection, Switzerland, in part acquired from Galleria Serodine, Ascona (Terrakotten aus Westgriechenland, Casa Serodine Ascona, 1 April 1994-23 May 1994, nos. 63, 77, 81, 86 and 90).

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