Faussaire
Forgery of a 3rd-2nd c. B.C.E. Tanagra Figurine
Artist
Faussaire
Title
Forgery of a 3rd-2nd c. B.C.E. Tanagra Figurine
Date
19th c.
Materials
Terracotta
Dimensions
23.7 cm (h.)
Credits
Mrs. R. MacD. Paterson Bequest, inv. 1949.Cb.1
Collection
Western Art
There is nothing antique about this elegant little figurine. It is a product of the market in fakes that developed in Paris after 1870 to satisfy the demand of European collectors following the discovery of such terracotta figurines in the necropolis of Tanagra, in Boeotia.
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