5th Jun, 2024 11:00

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

 
  Lot 7
 

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A GREEK 'PLASTIC' VASE IN THE FORM OF A BUST OF A WOMAN, PROBABLY RHODES, 6TH CENTURY B.C.

terracotta, her hair, facial details and chiton painted black, the brown painted overhanging vase mouth on the top of her head, mounted, 9cm

Provenance: Private collection, London. Acquired Sotheby's London, 11 November 1963, lot 141; offered Sotheby's London, 8 December 1994, lot 200

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.20, p.16

Sold for £1,500


 

terracotta, her hair, facial details and chiton painted black, the brown painted overhanging vase mouth on the top of her head, mounted, 9cm

Provenance: Private collection, London. Acquired Sotheby's London, 11 November 1963, lot 141; offered Sotheby's London, 8 December 1994, lot 200

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.20, p.16

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

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