Sold for $5,250

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

A Greek Terracotta Seated Scholar Holding a Wine Jug

Circa 4th Century B.C.

Height 6 5/8 inches.

Property from the Collection of Michael Minick, New York

Provenance:
Private Collection, Canada
A.H. Wilkens Auctions, Toronto, 13 June 2017, Lot 1152.

Note:
A previously-affixed paper label reads The Collection of Mrs. Gerald Bronfman, No. BR-114.

Condition Report

Intact as preserved; encrustation and traces of blue pigment. No visible restoration. The figure glued to an associated terra cotta base; the rectangular base with a large corner lost and another corner glue repaired.

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