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Property from a Belgian Private Collection

A Fragmentary Etruscan Polychrome Terracotta Antefix, circa 4th Century B.C.

Lot Closed

July 5, 01:11 PM GMT

Estimate

1,500 - 2,500 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Belgian Private Collection

A Fragmentary Etruscan Polychrome Terracotta Antefix

circa 4th Century B.C.


in the form of a mask of Silenus, with long shaggy beard and moustache.

Height 20 cm.

Herbert A. Cahn, Kunst der Antike, Basel
Dr. Gabriele Schnetzer, Zurich, acquired from the above on February 6th, 1996
Bernd Gackstätter, Antiken-Kabinett, Frankfurt am Main
David Ghezelbash Archéologie, Paris
acquired by the present owner from the above in 2013
Compare R.D. De Puma, Etruscan Art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2013, pp. 137-138, 4.121a and b (acquired in 1896).