Lot 1064
Eleven ancient terracotta figures, 2nd half of the 1st millennium B.C. – 2nd century A.D.
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Description
Semi-recumbent bare-breasted hetaera with headdress on a kline. Remains of painting. Greek, 2nd half of the 6th century B.C. Right foot of the kline restored. Length 11 cm. 2) Boy's head (Attis?) with long curly hair flowing from beneath a Phrygian cap. Well-preserved painting. The head of the headdress chipped. Hellenistic, 3rd - 2nd century B.C. Height 6.2 cm. 3) Hellenistic woman's head, tilted to the right. Height 6.8 cm. 4) Bust of Harpocrates with the lock of youth. Egypt, Holy Roman time. 1st - 2nd century. Height 6 cm. 5) Votive of a kore with polos and arms held at the sides. Broken off below the hips. Greek, 2nd half of the 6th century B.C. Preserved height 7 cm. 6) Fragment of a terracotta, upper body of a bearded man with a coat drawn more than the head, holding a tablet (Moses with the tablets of the law?). Time of Roman rule in the eastern Mediterranean. 1st - 2nd century. Preserved height 5.5 cm. 7) Fragment of a Roman terra sigillata guard. 1st century A.D. Remains of a foot ring at the bottom; on the front face a veiled wife in three-quarter relief. Red glossy slip preserved in the recesses. Length 8.3 cm. 8) Fragment of a terracotta medallion with a peacock before a guard filled with fruit. Coptic, 5th century A.D. 9) Animal head (cat?) with a headdress secured by a band passed across the face. Hellenistic, 3rd - 2nd century B.C. Height 5.5 cm. 10) Ancient impression of a cylinder seal with antelope between two griffins on fired clay. 1st half of the 1st millennium B.C. Length 5 cm. 11) Slender jug of red-brown clay with trefoil mouth and horizontal throwing grooves over the entire body. Eastern Mediterranean. 1st - 2nd century A.D. Intact. Height 12 cm. Some of the objects have plinths. CULTURAL ASSET!Provenance: Bavarian private ownership, acquired from a Bavarian private collection (estate), purchased for this collection from the 1970s to the early years of this millennium.
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