A Greek Terracotta Applique, Tarentum , circa 350-325 B.C.

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

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Description

A Greek Terracotta Applique, Tarentum
Length 4 in. 10.2 cm.

of openwork form molded in bold relief with a griffin moving to right and looking back over its shoulder; traces of gilding.

Provenance

J.J. Klejman, New York, December 1968

Catalogue Note

For closely related examples see Reinhard Lullies, Vergoldete Terrakotta-Appliken aus Tarent, Heidelberg, 1962, pls. 5.1 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, inv. no. 01.7980), 15.4 (National Museum, Naples, inv. no. C.S. 367, from Taranto), and 22.5-6 (National Museum, Taranto); also see The Western Greeks, p. 732, no. 298.