Votive figure

Cypro-Archaic II, 600 – 550 BC

Terracotta with traces of white slip and red colour.

H 22.8 cm

Female statuette of a worshipper with large nose and pointed chin. The right arm raised in a devotional gesture. In the left hand a dish with offerings. Adorned with a short necklace with pendant around neck and a long necklace extending to the navel. On the hair a turban-like headdress. Fingers of right hand missing.

Published

Auction sale catalogue Christie´s, London 11 July 1984, lot 307

cf.

The British Museum number: 1900,0903.16

Provenance

German private collection H. W. (1931-2018), acquired 1984 on the art market.

Accompanied by an IADAA Interpol search certificate.

Price

€ 3,900

Item

7483

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