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Auction archive: Lot number 25

THREE GREEK TERRACOTTA HEADS

Auction 12.12.2002
12 Dec 2002
Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,000
Price realised:
US$3,346
Auction archive: Lot number 25

THREE GREEK TERRACOTTA HEADS

Auction 12.12.2002
12 Dec 2002
Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,000
Price realised:
US$3,346
Beschreibung:

THREE GREEK TERRACOTTA HEADS Circa 5th-4th Century B.C. Including two late Archaic heads (one fragmentary), perhaps from Sicily, both mold-made, each wearing a polos above waves of center-parted hair, with oblique eyes and smiling mouths, one preserving a perforation at the center of the polos for attachment; and a Classical head, from South Italy, perhaps Taranto, mold-made with an oval face, center-parted hair, lidded eyes and a small mouth 5 in. (12.7 cm) long for the largest (3)

Auction archive: Lot number 25
Auction:
Datum:
12 Dec 2002
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

THREE GREEK TERRACOTTA HEADS Circa 5th-4th Century B.C. Including two late Archaic heads (one fragmentary), perhaps from Sicily, both mold-made, each wearing a polos above waves of center-parted hair, with oblique eyes and smiling mouths, one preserving a perforation at the center of the polos for attachment; and a Classical head, from South Italy, perhaps Taranto, mold-made with an oval face, center-parted hair, lidded eyes and a small mouth 5 in. (12.7 cm) long for the largest (3)

Auction archive: Lot number 25
Auction:
Datum:
12 Dec 2002
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
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