A ROMAN MARBLE CUPID

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£ 40 000
Auction dateClassic
07.12.2023 00:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 1076503
Lot 27 | A ROMAN MARBLE CUPID
A ROMAN MARBLE CUPID

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

34 ¼ in. (87 cm.) high





Provenance

Private collection, Switzerland, acquired circa 1900.

Art market, Germany.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 6 December 2007, lot 175.

Acquired by the present owner from the above sale.



Literature

J. Pollini, 'Roman Marble Sculpture', in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 85, fig. 22.

La Marche de l'Histoire, no. 4, February 2013, p. 18.

Egypte Ancienne, no. 8, May-July 2013, p. 67.

'Quoi de neuf au MACM de Mougins?', Mougins Infos, no. 79, 2021, p. 29.



Exhibited

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011 - 2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA149).
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