LOT 83 Large Greek Terracotta Goddess with Worshipper
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4th-3rd century B.C. A large terracotta statuette of a goddess with a smaller figure of a worper to her right, both standing on a rounded base with piecrust edge; the goddess wearing a long sleeveless Doric peplos, leaving the neck and chest uncovered, vertical lines and a thick pleating around the neck, a semi-circular stephane on her head; the smaller figure wearing a long sleeved chiton, polos, and an oblique himation, the right arm probably holding a dove. Cf. Caylus, A.C.P., Recueil dantiquités, egyptiennes, etrusques, grecques et romaines 6, Paris, 1764, pl.XXXVII; Uhlenbrock, P., The Reception of Greek Figurative Terracottas in the Age of Enlightment in Journal of the History of the collections, Oxford, December 20, 2018, fig.7, for similar figures (Greek terracotta figurines from Camarina). 1.47 kg, 33 cm high (13 in.). Acquired 1980s-1990s. Collection of M. Cummings, Lincolnshire, UK. The Siceliot Greeks particularly displayed their devotion to Ceres-Demeter with votive terracottas. The goddess was frequently shown with a pig, perhaps represented here in the shapeless mass that can be seen between the goddess and the worper.
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