62 - STATUETTE OF AN EPHEBE

STATUETTE OF AN EPHEBE Terracotta, traces of white slip and pink polychrome, surface covered with concretions H. 40 cm Greece, Boeotia, 5th century B.C. The young man is depicted standing naked on a tall quadrangular base. A cloak, draped over his shoulders, falls down both sides of his body. His right arm hangs down at his side. His left arm, bent, holds a small animal (a hare?) against his chest, and his head is adorned with a tall, curly hairstyle encircled by a wreath of foliage. A thermoluminescence test from QED Laboratory accompanies this lot. Provenance Former private collection in the South of France, acquired before 1983. Photographic records, December 1983. Collection inventory dated 1991. Terracotta figure of a youth The youth is shown standing nude on a tall rectangular base. A mantle draped over his shoulders falls behind his body on both sides. His right arm hangs at his side. His bent left arm holds a small animal (a hare?) against his chest, and his head is adorned with a tall coiffure of curls encircled by a wreath of foliage.