Inv. n°: MMoCA147

Parthian Terracotta Doll

Mold-made, depicting a male figure draped in characteristic pleated robe and pants, playing a drum hanging over his left shoulder.

h. 21.6 cm

1st century AD - 2nd century AD

Terracotta

Provenance

  • Ex collection of Jean-Alain Mariaud de Serres (1920-1999)
  • François de Ricqlès, Drout-Montaigne, Archéologie sale, Paris, 1- 2 October 2000, lot 228
  • Acquired at Christie's, Sale 1915: Antiquities, New York, 6th December 2007, lot 154

Publications

  • Archéologie, collection Jean-Alain Mariaud de Serres et à divers amateurs, Paris, 1-2 October 2000, p. 47, lot 228
  • Christie's Antiquities, New York, 6 december 2007, p. 122, lot 154
  • M. Eiland, "Materials and Manufacture" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 164, fig. 4

Exhibitions

  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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