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Lot of 4 Greek Hellenistic Pottery Heads, ex Bonhams
Lot of 4 Greek Hellenistic Pottery Heads, ex Bonhams
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Ancient Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd to 1st century BCE. A fine gathering of four mold-formed pottery votive heads. First is the head of a male grotesque with veristic facial features and a bald pate. Second is an elegant female head with heavy calcifications and curly bangs draped down the left side of her face. Third is a female painted in orange slip and wearing a tall diadem above neatly-arranged bangs. Last is the bust of a female with a lengthy neck, slender cheeks, and a conical coiffure. Custom display stands included. Size of largest (conical coiffure): 1.8" W x 2.5" H (4.6 cm x 6.4 cm); 4.7" H (11.9 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private Davis collection, Houston, Texas, USA; [male grotesque] ex-Bonhams, London, Knightsbridge Antiquities Auction (May 8, 2013, part of lot 205); ex-Jil Danon collection (d. 2012), Paris, France, formed between the 1940s and 1990; [white marble stands] ex-Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger Auction 277-280 - Ancient Objects, Medals, and Coins (February 8-11, 2012, part of lot 635); ex-private USA collection

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Condition
Each item is a fragment of a larger piece. Head with heavy calcifications is adhered to display stand and cannot be removed. Each head has small chips and abrasions, with some having repairs around neck area, and fading to original pigmentation. Light earthen deposits throughout.
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Lot of 4 Greek Hellenistic Pottery Heads, ex Bonhams

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