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An Etruscan terracotta votive life-size left leg image 1
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Swiss Private Collection (Lots 19-25)
Lot 19*

An Etruscan terracotta votive life-size left leg

4 December 2025, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£6,000 - £8,000

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An Etruscan terracotta votive life-size left leg

Circa 4th-3rd Century B.C.
54cm high

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Provenance:
with W. Rosenbaum, Ascona, 1970s.
with Cahn AG, Basel, 2010.
Private collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above, 17 December 2010.

In Etruscan religion, anatomical votive objects were left as offerings, petitioning or thanking the gods for curing their ailments. The offering would take the form of the afflicted body part and ranged from limbs, for example feet and arms, to more obscure body parts such as wombs, ears and intestines.

Published:
Kallos Gallery, London, cat. 8, September 2020, pp. 22-23, no.10.

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