A ROMAN MARBLE MERCURY

Lot 31
04.12.2024 15:30UTC +00:00
Classic
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£ 70 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1334754
Lot 31 | A ROMAN MARBLE MERCURY
Estimate value
£ 70 000 – 100 000
A ROMAN MARBLE MERCURY
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
35 ½ in. (90 cm.) high




Provenance

German private collection, acquired by 1968.
with The Merrin Gallery, New York, 1977 (Classical Art: Greek, Roman, Etruscan, p. 29).
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Collection, acquired 1986.
Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 8 June 2007, lot 180.
with Ariadne Galleries, New York, acquired from the above.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2011.



Literature

H. May, ed., Weltkunst aus Privatbesitz, Cologne, 1968, no. A72, pl. 26.



Exhibited

Kunsthalle Köln, Weltkunst aus Privatbesitz, 18 May-4 August 1968.
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA789).
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