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A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF THE EMPEROR NERO

Lot 43
07.12.2023 00:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
£ 80 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1076472
Lot 43 | A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF THE EMPEROR NERO
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
A ROMAN MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF THE EMPEROR NERO

JULIO CLAUDIAN PERIOD, CIRCA MID-1ST CENTURY A.D.

11 ½ in. (29.2 cm.) high





Provenance

with Galerie Mythes et Legends, Paris, 1984.

with Royal Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above, 1984.

with Numismatic Fine Arts, Los Angeles, acquired from the above, 1984.

with Summa Galleries, Beverly Hills.

Allen E. Paulson (1922-2000), La Jolla, acquired from the above, mid-1980s; thence by descent.

Property from the Allen E. Paulson Living Trust; Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 3 June 2009, lot 170.

Acquired by the present owner from the above sale.



Literature

L. Bernikow, 'Inspired Eclectic, A Los Angeles Setting for Classical Antiquities', Architectural Digest, October 1986, p. 164.

J. Pollini, 'Roman Marble Sculpture', in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 98, fig. 46.

Les Étoiles de Mougins, January-March 2013, p. 8.

Mougins Info, February 2013, ill. front cover.

La Marche de l'Histoire, no. 4, February 2013, p. 20.

Egypte Ancienne, no. 8, May-July 2013, p. 69.

S. Davis, 'Museum Watch', France Today, November 2013, p.15.

Ancient Warfare, vol. VI, issue 5, 2013, p. 8.

France Today, vol. 29, no. 4, June/July 2014, p. 63.

N. Benazeth, 'Dining with Socrates and Nero', Minerva, May/June 2017, p. 26, fig. 13.



Exhibited

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011 - 2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA353).

Marseille, Musée d’Archéologie Mediterranéenne, Centre de la Vieille Charité, Le banquet de Marseille à Rome: Plaisir et Jeux de Pouvoir, 3 December 2016 - 30 June 2017.
Medium:Marble, Stone
Art style:Ancient Art
Place of origin:Italy, Europe, Roman Empire
Auction house category:Ancient Art & Antiquities
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