A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF BACCHUS

Lot 28
04.12.2024 15:30UTC +00:00
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ID 1334751
Lot 28 | A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF BACCHUS
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF BACCHUS
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
14¼ in. (36.2 cm.) high




Provenance

European private collection, acquired by 1998; thence by descent.
Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 9 December 2008, lot 137.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2009.



Literature

J. Pollini, "Roman Marble Sculpture" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 102, fig. 56.



Exhibited

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA312).
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