1064 - Eleven ancient terracotta figures, 2nd half of the 1st millennium B.C. – 2nd century A.D.

Eleven ancient terracotta figures, 2nd half of the 1st millennium B.C. – 2nd century A.D. 1) Bare-breasted hetaera reclining on a kline, wearing a headdress. Traces of paint. Greek, second half of the 6th century B.C. Right foot of the kline restored. Length 11 cm. 2) Head of a boy (Attis?) with long, curly hair spilling out from under a Phrygian cap. Well-preserved paint. The tip of the headdress has been chipped. Hellenistic, 3rd–2nd centuries B.C. Height 6.2 cm. 3) Hellenistic female head, tilted to the right. Height 6.8 cm. 4) Bust of Harpocrates with a boy’s lock of hair. Egypt during the Roman period. 1st–2nd centuries. Height 6 cm. 5) Votive offering of a Kore with a polos and arms held at her sides. Broken off below the hips. Greek, second half of the 6th century B.C. Preserved height: 7 cm. 6) Fragment of a terracotta figure, upper body of a bearded man with a cloak draped over his head, holding a tablet (Moses with the Tablets of the Law?). Period of Roman rule in the eastern Mediterranean. 1st–2nd centuries; preserved height 5.5 cm. 7) Fragment of a Roman terra sigillata vessel. 1st century CE. Remains of a footring at the bottom; on the front, a veiled woman in three-quarter relief. Red glaze preserved in the recesses. Length 8.3 cm. 8) Fragment of a terracotta medallion depicting a peacock in front of a vessel filled with fruit. Coptic, 5th century AD. 9) Animal head (cat?) with a headdress secured by a band running across the face. Hellenistic. 3rd–2nd centuries BCE. Height 5.5 cm. 10) Ancient impression of a cylinder seal depicting an antelope between two griffins on fired clay. First half of the 1st millennium BCE. Length 5 cm. 11) Slender jug made of reddish-brown clay with a cloverleaf rim and horizontal spiral grooves covering the entire body. Eastern Mediterranean. 1st–2nd centuries CE. Intact. Height 12 cm. Some objects include pedestals. CULTURAL HERITAGE! Provenance: Bavarian private collection, acquired from a Bavarian private collection (estate), purchased for this collection from the 1970s through the early 2000s. Condition: II +