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Campanian

Head of a goddess - from Capua area. 1st half 2nd century BC

Roughly whitened clay with inclusions, dark brown to matte black surface. 22,5 × 21 × 16,5 cm (8 ⅞ × 8 ¼ × 6 ½ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork:  Campanian. Head of a goddess - from Capua area. 1st half 2nd century BC.

Estimate:

EUR 5,000

 

- 7,000

USD 5,890

 

- 8,240

Sold for:

6,875 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 2017

ORANGERIE Selected Objects, Thursday, 30.11.2017

Information

Roughly whitened clay with inclusions, dark brown to matte black surface. 22,5 × 21 × 16,5 cm (8 ⅞ × 8 ¼ × 6 ½ in.).

Related literature: John W. Hayes: Etruskische Bronzekopfgefäße aus hellenistischer Zeit. In: Jahrbuch des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums Mainz, 1959, p. 126 (with older literature) / Die Welt der Etrusker, exh. cat., Ost-Berlin, 1988, cat. no. D 3.17, p. 292.

Collection Holger Termer, Hamburg (1978) / collection Ingeborg and Alfred Wurm (1927–2014), Hamburg (acquired in 1991 from Kunsthandlung Holger Termer, Hamburg) / thence by descent to the present owner

Holger Termer: Kunst der Antike. Exh. cat., Galerie Neuendorf, Hamburg, 1978 (not in the catalogue)

Gottfried Sello: Kunst der Antike. In: Die Zeit, 8. Dezember 1978, Kunstkalender

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