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A MONUMENTAL ROMAN MARBLE JANIFORM HERM OF BACCHUS AND ARIADNE

Lot 29
04.12.2024 15:30UTC +00:00
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ID 1334725
Lot 29 | A MONUMENTAL ROMAN MARBLE JANIFORM HERM OF BACCHUS AND ARIADNE
Estimate value
£ 200 000 – 300 000
A MONUMENTAL ROMAN MARBLE JANIFORM HERM OF BACCHUS AND ARIADNE
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
17 ¾ in. (45 cm.) high




Provenance

Said to have been discovered at Beth Shean, Israel.
Somerset Struben de Chair (1911-1995), Chilham Castle, Kent and St. Osyth's Priory, Essex, acquired in Jerusalem, 1941; thence by descent to his son, Rodney de Chair (1935-2012), Chichester.
Antiquities, Bonham's, London, 1 May 2008, lot 221.



Literature

S. S. de Chair, Mind on the March, London, 1945, p. 28 (illustrated).
S. S. de Chair, Buried Pleasure, Devon, 1985, pp. 15-16.
S. S. de Chair, Morning Glory: Memoirs from the Edge of History, Devon, 1988, p. 169.
"Back to back", The Economist, 20 April 2008.
Minerva, September/October 2008, p. 47.
Côte Magazine, September 2012, p. 125.
C. Levett, "Pieces of the classical past," Minerva Magazine, May/June 2011, p. 50.
J. Boardman, Museum Opening of the Year," Apollo Magazine, December 2011, pp. 59-60 (illustrated in-situ).
J. Pollini, "Roman Marble Sculpture," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, pp. 80-81, fig. 13.
"J'ai fait un rêve," Zibeline, May-June 2012, p. 60.
"Ancient Art," Grand Sud, no. 77, Autumn 2014, p. 88.
V. García- Osuna, "Clásico Actual eterno," Tendencias del Mercado del Arte, no. 69, 2014, p. 16.
Beaux Arts Magazine, August 2014, p. 114.
Beaux Arts Magazine, September 2014, p. 120.
F. Leclerc, "Mougins rend hommage à Sacha Sosno," Nice-Matin, 7 May 2014, p. 39.
Force One Magazine, 2017, p. 38.
"Destinations: Toulon," Velocity, June 2014, p. 74.
"Musee d'art Classique de Mougins: Art antique, néoclassique, moderne & contemporain," SO Cannes, Summer 2017, p. 115.
"The MACM on the International Art Scene," Mougins: Côte d’Azur, no. 2, 2017-2018, p. 45, ill. back cover.
“Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins: Museum to go,” Zeit Riviera, January/February 2017, p. 23.
J. Osgood, "Enjoy the Experience of a Museum with Difference! MACM,” Ancient History, June/July 2020, p. 59.
S. Anderson Ladd, Goddesses of Self-Care: 30 Divine Feminine Archetypes to Guide You, USA, 2022, p. 30.



Exhibited

Chilham Castle, Kent, 1944-1948.
St Osyth's Priory, Essex, 1958-1995.
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA20).
Medium:Marble, Stone
Place of origin:Italy, Europe, Roman Empire
Auction house category:Ancient Art & Antiquities
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