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Auction archive: Lot number 306

A TERRACOTTA BUST OF A YOUNG BOY

Auction 20.10.1999
20 Oct 1999
Estimate
£400 - £500
ca. US$663 - US$828
Price realised:
£1,725
ca. US$2,859
Auction archive: Lot number 306

A TERRACOTTA BUST OF A YOUNG BOY

Auction 20.10.1999
20 Oct 1999
Estimate
£400 - £500
ca. US$663 - US$828
Price realised:
£1,725
ca. US$2,859
Beschreibung:

A TERRACOTTA BUST OF A YOUNG BOY 1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D. With chubby face, wearing himation around his shoulders, large wreath on his head, with plaited hair over the crown, repaired, mounted, 5 in. (14.5 cm.) high; a Hellenistic terracotta female head, her wavy hair parted in the centre with top knot above, wearing diadem; a head of a youth with long neck, the head turned to one side and slightly tilted, with deeply set eyes and downward gaze, both 4th-3rd Century B.C., 2 in. (5 cm.) high av.; an Attic terracotta doll, the naked female torso wearing sakkos around her hair, terminating in a point behind, repaired, mid 5th-Century B.C., 5 in. (12.7 cm.) high; a seated terracotta female doll, naked, with arms clasped by her sides, her hair caught up beneath a diadem, repaired, mounted, mid-4th Century B.C., 6 in. (17 cm.) high; and thirteen Greek style terracotta figures, 9 in. (22.8 cm.) high max. (18)

Auction archive: Lot number 306
Auction:
Datum:
20 Oct 1999
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

A TERRACOTTA BUST OF A YOUNG BOY 1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D. With chubby face, wearing himation around his shoulders, large wreath on his head, with plaited hair over the crown, repaired, mounted, 5 in. (14.5 cm.) high; a Hellenistic terracotta female head, her wavy hair parted in the centre with top knot above, wearing diadem; a head of a youth with long neck, the head turned to one side and slightly tilted, with deeply set eyes and downward gaze, both 4th-3rd Century B.C., 2 in. (5 cm.) high av.; an Attic terracotta doll, the naked female torso wearing sakkos around her hair, terminating in a point behind, repaired, mid 5th-Century B.C., 5 in. (12.7 cm.) high; a seated terracotta female doll, naked, with arms clasped by her sides, her hair caught up beneath a diadem, repaired, mounted, mid-4th Century B.C., 6 in. (17 cm.) high; and thirteen Greek style terracotta figures, 9 in. (22.8 cm.) high max. (18)

Auction archive: Lot number 306
Auction:
Datum:
20 Oct 1999
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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