CENTURIPE, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.

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A SICILIAN POLYCHROME POTTERY PLAQUE
CENTURIPE, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
10 3⁄16 in. (25.8 cm.) diam.

来源

with Donati Arte Classica, Lugano.
Fridolin (1903-1969) and Halina (1907-1989) Schwitter-Lagutt Collection, Basel, acquired from the above in 1964.

展览

On loan to the Antikenmuseum, Basel, 1971-2022.

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This lot is offered without reserve. This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

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拍品专文

The plaque depicts a head of Medusa, wearing a pendant necklace with three concentric rows of scales, increasing in size from top to bottom. There are two holes on the head for suspension. Similar plaques can be assigned to a well-known production from Centuripe, Sicily. They had an apotropaic function and served as oscilla, offerings meant to swing in the wind, and may have derived from metal prototypes. For a similar plaque, see no. 59, pp. 206-207, in M. L. Ferruzza, Ancient Terracottas from South Italy and Sicily in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2016.

CENTURIPE, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.

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