ID 820692
Lot 13 | A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A GOD
Estimate value
$ 600 000 – 800 000
HADRIANIC TO ANTONINE PERIOD, CIRCA EARLY TO MID 2ND CENTURY A.D.
12 3/4 in. (32.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Antiquities, Sotheby’s, London, 27 November 1967, lot 74.
with Robin Symes, London, acquired from the above.
Private Collection, Cordoba, Spain, acquired circa 1972; thence by descent.
Property of a Spanish Collector; The Exceptional Sale, Christie’s, London, 5 July 2018, lot 129.
Acquired by the current owner from the above.
Literature
J. Beltrán Fortes, “El mármol en la Antigüedad clásica: una aproximación a su estudio,” Gallaecia, vol. 11, 1989, pp. 181-182, pl. VIII.
J. Beltrán Fortes, “Notas sobre la escultura ideal de la Bética,” in J. Massó and P. Sada eds., Actes II Reunió sobre escultura romana a Hispània, Tarragona, 1996, pp. 59-75, figs. 1-4.
| Medium: | Marble, Stone |
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| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe, Roman Empire |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Medium: | Marble, Stone |
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| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe, Roman Empire |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Ancient Art & Antiquities |
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