A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A GOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Auction Closed
July 2, 04:42 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A GOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
with full beard and parted lips, his long hair parted in the center, swept up above the forehead, bound in a twisted fillet, and falling down the sides in wavy locks; nose formerly restored.
Height 28 cm.
European private collection, circa 18th Century (based on restoration techniques)
estate of Mr and Mrs Hugo Sherer Higbie, Grosse Pointe, Michigan (Leslie Hindman, Chicago, September 8th, 2012, no. 960, illus.)
acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Similar heads are known for representations of Asklepios (cf. a statue in Copenhagen: M. Moltesen, Catalogue Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Imperial Rome, vol. 2, 2002, p. 164f., no. 43), or Zeus (cf. a statue from Cyrene: C. Landwehr, in: B. Andreae, ed., Phyromachos-Probleme [31. Ergh. RM], 1990, p. 105, pl. 56f.).