Ancient Marbles: Classical Sculpture and Antiquities

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Lot 38
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A Roman Marble Herm Bust of a Dionysiac Child, 1st/2nd Century A.D.

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • A Roman Marble Herm Bust of a Dionysiac Child
  • marble
  • Height 18 cm.
with dimpled chin and recessed eyes, the wavy hair surmounted by a wreath of ivy leaves and berries, a necklace of ivy leaves and berries attached to the tassels; no restorations.

Provenance

Mathias Komor (active 1941-1983), New York
Alsdorf collects ion, Chicago (Sotheby's, New York, December 8th, 2000, no. 96, illus.)

Literature

Christie's, New York, December 13th, 2013, no. 143, illus.

Catalogue Note

For a closely related example cf. C. Vermeule and A. Brauer, Stone Sculptures. The Greek, Roman and Etruscan collects ions of the Harvard University Art Museums, 1990, p. 149, no. 137 (http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collects ions/object/292367?position=26). Also see Replica Shoes 's, London, July 9th, 1984, no. 261.