A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF BACCHUS

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Lot 98 | A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF BACCHUS
A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF BACCHUS

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

The youthful god with delicate features, his lips parted, his centrally parted wavy hair held back and twisted up into a chignon, with ribbons falling onto his shoulders and two loose locks of hair curving down against the back of his neck, wearing a finely carved twisted wreath of ivy leaves, laden with berry clusters, with a large vine leaf and bunch of grapes over each ear, with a short corkscrew curl behind, heavily drilled and open-worked in places, mounted onto a 19th century bust and with 19th century restorations

21 in. (53.3 cm.) high





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George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland, K.T., P.C. (1888-1963), Sutton Place, Guildford.

Property of Clare Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland (1903-1998); Sculpture, Christie's, London, 7 July 1992, lot 94 (as attributed to Bartolomeo Cavaceppi, 18th century).
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