AN IMPERIAL PORPHYRY HEAD OF A ROMAN EMPEROR

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08.02.2024 10:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 6 | AN IMPERIAL PORPHYRY HEAD OF A ROMAN EMPEROR
AN IMPERIAL PORPHYRY HEAD OF A ROMAN EMPEROR

19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE ANTIQUE

On modern porphyry plinth; together with five Imperial porphyry architectural fragments and a grey-veined white marble fragment

The head: 6 in. (15 cm.) high





Provenance

The Head: Sir William Miles Aykroyd, 3rd Baronet (1923-2007), Buckland Newton Place, Dorset and thence by descent to his nephew Philip Hewat-Jaboor.

The first, third, and fifth fragments: with H.M. Luther Antiques, New York, where purchased by Philip Hewat-Jaboor in December 2006.

The second and fourth fragments: Collection of Sheriff Smith of Killmarnoch House, Troun, Scotland, by repute.

The sixth fragment: with Monluc Antiquaires, Paris.
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