Hellenistic ornamental plate - Gorgon
€1,200
available
Object number
AR2602
| Object: |
Round ornamental plate with Gorgon
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| Material: |
Red clay with white grounding and traces of painting
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| Date: |
3rd - 1st century B.C. Hellenistic |
| Description: |
Round plate with head of Medusa (Gorgon) as a young woman in mezzo-relievo slightly looking to the right and framed by a round shield with aegis. Pierced for suspension. Such plates were a speciality of 2nd century B.C. Sicily |
| Size: |
Diameter 20 cm - 21 cm, depth 7 cm.
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| Condition: |
Very good condition, professionally restored from several fragments. With traces of original painting.
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| Reference: |
See R. A. Higgins, Greek Terracottas (London 1967) p. 125 and pl. 59A (here with Eros)
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| Provenance: |
Acquired by us in 2018 from a traditional Munich auction house. Ex private Munich collection, acquired around 1976.
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| Authenticity: |
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