A Canosan terracotta female figure
Circa 3rd Century B.C.
Possibly Thalia, Muse of Comedy, standing on a spool base, holding a theatrical mask in her left hand, wearing an enveloping himation, her foot emerging below, with traces of blue, pink and purple pigment remaining, the head added later, 34.2cm high注脚Provenance:
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 July 1992, lot 356.
with Herbert A. Cahn, Kunst der Antike, Basel.
Drs Gerd and Sigrid von der Gönna collection, Germany, acquired from the above 26 October 1996.