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A GREEK MARBLE FIGURE OF A GODDESS, CIRCA MID 4TH CENTURY B.C. | A Greek Marble Figure of a Goddess
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description
- marble
- Height 35 cm.
standing with the weight on her right leg, and wearing a long chiton and himation falling from her left shoulder; head probably not belonging, right arm formerly restored.
Provenance
European private collection, first half of the 20th Century (based on repair and restoration techniques, custom-made wood base, and overall French nicotine patina)
French private collection, Paris, reputedly acquired at auction on France in the 1970s
French private collection, Paris, reputedly acquired at auction on France in the 1970s
Catalogue Note
Similar statuettes are in Athens and Brauron: I. Leventi, Hygieia in Classical Greek Art, 2003, p. 158, nos. St1–2, pl. 55.