A ROMAN MARBLE DRAPED FEMALE TORSO

Lot 26
19.07.2022 11:00UTC +00:00
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£ 100 800
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 795205
Lot 26 | A ROMAN MARBLE DRAPED FEMALE TORSO
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
Standing with weight on her right leg, her left leg bent at the knee, her left arm lowered and her right bent at the elbow originally held up to her face to hold her drapery which would have been pulled over her head in a typiral pudictia pose, wearing a mantle over a chiton, the diagonal folds of the mantle contrasting with the vertical folds of the chiton, a deep concave mortice at the shoulders for insertion of the separately made head (now missing)


27 in. (68.5 cm.) high
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