Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Property formerly in the Collection of Jan Mitchell
Lot Closed
July 7, 03:43 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property formerly in the Collection of Jan Mitchell
A Greek Terracotta Figure of a Kouros
circa 1st half of the 5th Century B.C.
standing on a rectangular base with his left leg slightly advanced, his hands held to his sides, and wearing a long garment falling from his left shoulder, his hair falling in long tresses over the front of the shoulders.
Height 12.4 cm.
Jan Mitchell (1913-2009), New York, probably acquired in the 1960s or earlier
by descent to the present owner
For the type, including reference to four examples in the Louvre and one in the British Museum, see R. Kekulé von Stradonitz, Die antiken Terrakotten (Band III): Die Typen der figürlichen Terrakotten, Berlin, 1903, p. 42, no. 5.
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010283780
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010126389
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010126390
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010126387
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1864-1007-1394