A LATE HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF LEDA AND THE SWAN, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C…
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A LATE HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF LEDA AND THE SWAN, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.

A LATE HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF LEDA AND THE SWAN, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C. the nude woman standing on a rectangular plinth, holding her robes around her back, her right knee flexed, the swan at her feet, indistinct old label in German(?) inside, other labels and fragments on the reverse, 14cm Provenance: Private collection, London. Acquired Sotheby's London, 11 July 1967, lot 106 (designated The Property of the Countess Adelheid Lanckoronska). Offered Sotheby's London, 8 December 1994, lot 178. Exhibited: Ancient Life in Miniature, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 12th October-30th November 1968 Published: Felicity Nicholson, Ancient Life in Miniature, Birmingham 1968, no.143, p.36

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A LATE HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF LEDA AND THE SWAN, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.

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