Body of a seated clay figure with monkey
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Object number
AR2273
Object: |
Body of a seated clay figure
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Material: |
Red clay
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Date: |
3rd - 1st century BC Hellenistic epoch |
Description: |
Front from a die, back smooth. The figure is bare except for a coat, which is placed over the shoulders and falls to the floor on the side of the body. Monkey on a rope seated at feet, right hand holding the rope.
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Size: |
Height 44 mm, width 35 mm
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Condition: |
Fragment of a figure. Head broken and missing, lower part with feet broken and glued. The fragment itself is in excellent condition. With label "04.X.2" from Davies Antiques gallery.
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Reference: |
See Antike Terrakoten. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Kassel, 1977. Nr. 74.
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Provenance: |
Acquired 2017 from the German private collection M. Voos, inherited in this from the German private collection H. Herbst. Acquired 1976 - 1978 for the Herbst collection at Davies Antiques Gallery, London.
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Authenticity: |
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