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Lot 26

A Greek terracotta head

28 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A Greek terracotta head
Archaic Period, circa late 6th-5th Century B.C.
With large almond-shaped eyes, straight nose, full lips and rounded chin, the hair arranged in three rows of curls around the face, with traces of blue and yellow pigment on the eyes, 10cm high

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Provenance:
Private collection, London, acquired mid-1960s.

Published:
Le Mythe Cléopâtre, exhibition cat., Paris, 2014, no. 34.

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