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Auction archive: Lot number 231

A HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF LEDA AND THE SWAN

Antiquities
25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£600 - £900
ca. US$1,226 - US$1,839
Price realised:
£1,875
ca. US$3,832
Auction archive: Lot number 231

A HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF LEDA AND THE SWAN

Antiquities
25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£600 - £900
ca. US$1,226 - US$1,839
Price realised:
£1,875
ca. US$3,832
Beschreibung:

A HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF LEDA AND THE SWAN
CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
A HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF LEDA AND THE SWAN CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C. Wearing tall headdress and drapery almost revealing her right breast, she holds the swan in the crook of her left arm, mounted; a Greek terracotta figure of a recumbent ram, with horned head turned to the side, traces of pigment, 5½ in. (14 cm.) long; a Cypriot terracotta standing draped female figure wearing a cloak with peaked hood, and beaded necklaces, circa 4th Century B.C., from Amathus, 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high; a Sicilian terracotta female head wearing polos headdress, early 5th Century B.C., 3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high; a terracotta female bust protome, 4¾ in. (12 cm.) high; a terracotta bearded male head, 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm.) high; and a Western Asiatic terracotta relief plaque of a nude goddess, wearing elaborate horned headdress and beaded necklets, second half of 2nd millennium B.C., 5¾ in. (14.9 cm.) high, all mounted (7)

Auction archive: Lot number 231
Auction:
Datum:
25 Oct 2007
Auction house:
Christie's
25 October 2007, London, King Street
Beschreibung:

A HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF LEDA AND THE SWAN
CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
A HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF LEDA AND THE SWAN CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C. Wearing tall headdress and drapery almost revealing her right breast, she holds the swan in the crook of her left arm, mounted; a Greek terracotta figure of a recumbent ram, with horned head turned to the side, traces of pigment, 5½ in. (14 cm.) long; a Cypriot terracotta standing draped female figure wearing a cloak with peaked hood, and beaded necklaces, circa 4th Century B.C., from Amathus, 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high; a Sicilian terracotta female head wearing polos headdress, early 5th Century B.C., 3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high; a terracotta female bust protome, 4¾ in. (12 cm.) high; a terracotta bearded male head, 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm.) high; and a Western Asiatic terracotta relief plaque of a nude goddess, wearing elaborate horned headdress and beaded necklets, second half of 2nd millennium B.C., 5¾ in. (14.9 cm.) high, all mounted (7)

Auction archive: Lot number 231
Auction:
Datum:
25 Oct 2007
Auction house:
Christie's
25 October 2007, London, King Street
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