ID 1334756
Lot 20 | A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF MENANDER
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 80 000
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
10 ½ in. (26.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Swiss private collection.
Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 8 December 2000, lot 135.
Antiquities, Bonhams, London, 28 April 2010, lot 134.
Literature
"Antiquities sales report," Minerva, September/October 2010, p. 48, fig. 3.
J. Pollini, "Roman Marbles," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 85, fig. 23.
M. Merrony, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, Collection famille Levett, Mougins, 2012, pp. 55 and 85.
C. Wrathall, "Collectors & Collections," Christie’s Magazine, January-February 2016, p. 52.
M. Squire, "A Passionate Collector," Minerva, March/April 2018, p. 16, fig. 4.
Exhibited
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011 - 2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA542).
| Medium: | Marble, Stone |
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| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe, Roman Empire |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Medium: | Marble, Stone |
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| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe, Roman Empire |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
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