Unknown Artist
Bust of a Goddess
Year
Phrygian, ca. century B.C.
Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
h. 25.5 cm
10 in.
About the artwork
Decorated in dark brown and orange over a cream slip, wearing multiple bead interlinked necklaces. Along the base and sides run a deep frieze of trailing tendrils, plants and birds.
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Provenance
Antiquities, Parke-Bernet, New York, 24 January 1969, lot 33;
Lester Wolfe (1897-1983), New York; thence by descent;
The Collection of the Late Lester Wolfe; Antiquities, Sotheby’s, New York, 1-2 March 1984, lot 25;
Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 15 June 1988, lot 46;
London art market;
Antiquities, Christie's, London, 6 July 1994, lot 447;
Antiquities, Christie's, London, 13 October 2008, lot 179.
Lester Wolfe (1897-1983), New York; thence by descent;
The Collection of the Late Lester Wolfe; Antiquities, Sotheby’s, New York, 1-2 March 1984, lot 25;
Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 15 June 1988, lot 46;
London art market;
Antiquities, Christie's, London, 6 July 1994, lot 447;
Antiquities, Christie's, London, 13 October 2008, lot 179.
Exhibitions / Fairs
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA32).
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