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Lot 67*

A Greek terracotta group of Silenus and a ram

1 December 2020, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£800 - £1,200

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A Greek terracotta group of Silenus and a ram
South Italian, Hellenistic Period, circa 3rd Century B.C.
The portly bearded male holding a cornucopia in the crook of his right arm, nude but for a foliate wreath, with large characteristic pointed ears and small snub nose, slumped across the back of a ram with shaggy pelt and small, curled horns, with traces of red and pink pigment and remains of white slip overall, 12.2cm high

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Provenance:
with Fortuna, Galerie für alte Kunst, Zurich, 1998.
Private collection, Zurich, acquired from the above in 2002.

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