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85 - Adorer with a floral crown. Phoenicia, ca. mid-5th century B.C. Reddish-brown terracotta, H 88 cm. A standing youth in a floor-length, pleated robe. He wears a wreath of leaves adorned with a flower at the front. His right arm, now missing, was likely once raised; his left arm is extended forward, and his clenched hand once held an object, perhaps a staff. The figure stands on an altar-like base with a projecting plinth. Traces of marine growth; right arm broken, expertly restored; mounted on a wooden pedestal. Provenance: Formerly in the Ifergan Collection (Málaga). In the EU since at least 2020. Formerly in the Aphrodite Ancient Art Gallery, New York, before 1983. Previously in the Marwan Shehab Collection, acquired from Asfar & Sarkis in 1964. With Spanish export license! Published in: S. Garcia Alfonso (ed.), Shipwrecked Gods (2023), pp. 144ff. Cat. No. 111.
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Adorer with a floral crown. Phoenicia, ca. mid-5th century B.C. Reddish-brown terracotta, H 88 cm. A standing youth in a floor-length, pleated robe. He wears a wreath of leaves adorned with a flower at the front. His right arm, now missing, was likely once raised; his left arm is extended forward, and his clenched hand once held an object, perhaps a staff. The figure stands on an altar-like base with a projecting plinth. Traces of marine growth; right arm broken, expertly restored; mounted on a wooden pedestal. Provenance: Formerly in the Ifergan Collection (Málaga). In the EU since at least 2020. Formerly in the Aphrodite Ancient Art Gallery, New York, before 1983. Previously in the Marwan Shehab Collection, acquired from Asfar & Sarkis in 1964. With Spanish export license! Published in: S. Garcia Alfonso (ed.), Shipwrecked Gods (2023), pp. 144ff. Cat. No. 111.
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Auction 322: Ancient Art (Live Auction, Lots 1–407)Auction house
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