5th Jun, 2024 11:00

Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art, including Greek and Roman Antiquities

 
Lot 4
 

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A FIGURE OF A SEATED WOMAN, PROBABLY RHODES, LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.

terracotta, seated on a throne with feet resting on a footstool, her hands on her knees, wearing headband, himation and chiton, traces of red pigment on robe, mounted, 14.9cm

Provenance: Private collection, London. Acquired Sotheby's London, 11 November 1963, lot 140; offered Sotheby's London, 8 December 1994, lot 179

Exhibited: Ancient Life in Miniature, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 12th October-30th November 1968

Published: Felicity Nicholson, Ancient Life in Miniature, Birmingham 1968, no.25, p.16 (illustrated on plate 4)

Sold for £1,100


 

terracotta, seated on a throne with feet resting on a footstool, her hands on her knees, wearing headband, himation and chiton, traces of red pigment on robe, mounted, 14.9cm

Provenance: Private collection, London. Acquired Sotheby's London, 11 November 1963, lot 140; offered Sotheby's London, 8 December 1994, lot 179

Exhibited: Ancient Life in Miniature, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 12th October-30th November 1968

Published: Felicity Nicholson, Ancient Life in Miniature, Birmingham 1968, no.25, p.16 (illustrated on plate 4)

Auction: Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art, including Greek and Roman Antiquities, 5th Jun, 2024

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