Sold for $1,188

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

A Greek Terra Cotta Draped Female Figure

Circa Late 4th-3rd Century B.C.
Height 5 3/4 inches.

Property from the George R. Francoeur Trust, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, sold to benefit the George R. Francoeur Scholarship Fund at Cranbrook Academy of Art

Provenance:
Royal Athena Galleries, New York, 1958

Condition Report

Hairline crack visible around the vent hole from the back. The figure glue-repaired along a fracture through the bottom of the legs. There is no purchase invoice available from Royal-Athena; only George Francoeur's hand-written note card recording the year and place of acquisition.

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