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Lot 69

A Greek terracotta female head

6 July 2021, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Greek terracotta female head
Magna Graecia, possibly Medma, circa 5th Century B.C.
Of hollow flat-backed form, wearing a diadem with three applied discs crowning tight curls of hair, with almond-shaped eyes and smiling lips, 12cm high

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Provenance:
with Petit Musée, Montreal, March 1995.

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