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A ROMAN CHALCEDONY HEAD OF A BEARDED MAN

Lot 72
04.02.2025 10:00UTC -05:00
Classic
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CHRISTIE'S
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
ID 1360684
Lot 72 | A ROMAN CHALCEDONY HEAD OF A BEARDED MAN
Estimate value
$ 6 000 – 8 000
A ROMAN CHALCEDONY HEAD OF A BEARDED MAN
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (2.2 cm.) high




Provenance

Fahim Joseph Kouchakji (1886-1976), New York; thence by descent.
Property from the Collection of the Late Fahim Kouchakji; Antiquities, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 21 May 1977, lot 184.
Auktion XXVII, Frank Sternberg AG, Zurich, 7-8 November 1994, lot 811.
Art Market, Geneva.
Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 30 May 1997, lot 164.
with Robin Symes (1939-2023), London, acquired from the above.
Private Collection, U.K.
Art Market, London.
with Ariadne Galleries, New York and London, acquired from the above.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2016.



Literature

D.M. Bailey, "A Chalcedony Barbarian," in M. Henig and D. Plantzos, eds., Classicism to Neo-Classicism: Essays Dedicated to Gertrud Seidmann, Oxford, 1999, p. 80.
E. Gagetti, Preziose sculture di età ellenistica e romana, Milan, 2006, pp. 402-403, no. H5, pl. LXIII.
D. Del Bufalo, Precious Portraits: Small Precious Stone Sculptures of Imperial Rome, Turin, 2020, p. 156, no. 510.



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