Lot 0184

A Canosan terracotta pseudo-vessel

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Item Details

Description

A Canosan terracotta pseudo-vessel, c. early 3rd Century B.C., the body in the form of a female head with red lips, wearing a pink diadem decorated with three blue and pink rosettes and a meander motif, a blue and pink palm leaf on each side, the over-arching handle terminating in a female figure, dressed in a long pink himation, her red hair surmounted by a pink diadem, extensive traces of white and polychrome slip remaining, H: 15 1/2 in (39.5cm). Ex Northern California private collection of an old 'Founding Family' in San Francisco, acquired in the 1950s from the New York art market.

Condition

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