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THBGreek Hellenistic Terracotta Muse, ex-Bonhams
Lot 36
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Greece, Hellenistic, ca. late 4th to 2nd century BCE. A mold-made terracotta figure of a seductive Muse, standing with a dramatic weight shift so that her curvaceous right hip sways outward, remnants of her fluttering wings behind her shoulders, and voluminous folds of her diaphanous himation cascading over her long legs. Her lovely visage is framed by a drawn back coiffure forming a bun atop her head. The goddess leans against a classical column, her head tilted downward, her body artfully arranged in a sensual pose that emphasizes her feminine figure. Size: 7.625" H (19.4 cm)
During the Hellenistic Period, Greeks had access knowledge about the past through institutions like the Library of Alexandria, creating a sense of history and connection to the Greeks who had come before them. Prominent Hellenistic art collectors commissioned pieces based on public statues from the earlier Classical Period, and smaller, more available art forms like this sculpture echo the naturalistic, detailed classical style. Terracotta figures like this one have been found in private dwellings where they may have been part of a shrine or had a religious purpose.
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Artemis Gallery; ex-private Houston, Texas, USA collection; ex-Bonhams, London Antiquities Auction (May 8, 2013, part of lot 157); ex-Joseph Klein collection, formed in New York, New York, USA between 1941 and 1980, thence by descent
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#149851Repaired at neck. One arm and parts of wings missing. Normal surface wear with nicks/chips to peripheries and high-pointed areas commensurate with age. Nice mineral deposits grace the surface, especially on the lower section of the garment.Condition
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