ID 1334729
Lot 26 | A ROMAN LIMESTONE FIGURE OF ANTINOUS
Estimate value
£ 100 000 – 150 000
REIGN OF HADRIAN, CIRCA 130-138 A.D.
59 in. (150 cm.) high
Provenance
Monnaies; icones russes en bois; antiques; importantes sculptures en marbre; haute curiositè, haute èpoque, Mes. Laurin, Guilloux, Buffetaud, Tailleur, Drouot Rive Gauche, Paris, 27 March 1979, lot 73.
Jacques Mougin, France, acquired 1985-1993.
with Jean-David Cahn, Basel, acquired from the above, 2004.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above (Art of the Ancient World, vol. XVIII, 2007, no. 13).
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2008.
Literature
"Antiquités: Cannes et Antibes tiennent salon…," Nice-Matin, 8 April 1979, p. 2.
G. Porte, "La Biennale des antiquaires à Cannes," Le Monde, 13 April 1979.
J. Pollini, "Roman Marble Sculpture," in M. Merrony ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 82, fig. 15.
Exhibited
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA136).
| Medium: | Marble, Stone |
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| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe, Roman Empire |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Medium: | Marble, Stone |
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| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe, Roman Empire |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
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