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Auction archive: Lot number 49

A GROUP OF GREEK AND ROMANO-EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA HEADS

Antiquities
30 Apr 2008
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,981 - US$2,972
Price realised:
£1,250
ca. US$2,476
Auction archive: Lot number 49

A GROUP OF GREEK AND ROMANO-EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA HEADS

Antiquities
30 Apr 2008
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,981 - US$2,972
Price realised:
£1,250
ca. US$2,476
Beschreibung:

A GROUP OF GREEK AND ROMANO-EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA HEADS
LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.
A GROUP OF GREEK AND ROMANO-EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA HEADS LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D. Including a Graeco-Egyptian head of a baboon; three 'grotesque' bald-headed men; a Serapis head wearing modius ; Harpocrates holding a jar with right forefinger to mouth; a youth with 'curled' hair and exaggerated features; a Hellenistic bearded hero with downward gaze; a head of a mule with long flattened ears; a group of female heads of various periods, all 1¼ to 3 in. (3.2 to 7.5 cm.) high; a fragmentary standing figure of Aphrodite with a goose at her side, 4th Century B.C., 7 in. (17.7 cm.) high; and a pinched pottery stand, 3½ in. (8.9 cm.) high (18)

Auction archive: Lot number 49
Auction:
Datum:
30 Apr 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
30 April 2008, London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

A GROUP OF GREEK AND ROMANO-EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA HEADS
LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.
A GROUP OF GREEK AND ROMANO-EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA HEADS LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D. Including a Graeco-Egyptian head of a baboon; three 'grotesque' bald-headed men; a Serapis head wearing modius ; Harpocrates holding a jar with right forefinger to mouth; a youth with 'curled' hair and exaggerated features; a Hellenistic bearded hero with downward gaze; a head of a mule with long flattened ears; a group of female heads of various periods, all 1¼ to 3 in. (3.2 to 7.5 cm.) high; a fragmentary standing figure of Aphrodite with a goose at her side, 4th Century B.C., 7 in. (17.7 cm.) high; and a pinched pottery stand, 3½ in. (8.9 cm.) high (18)

Auction archive: Lot number 49
Auction:
Datum:
30 Apr 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
30 April 2008, London, South Kensington
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