A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF SARAPIS, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D., ON 19TH CENTURY HERM SHOULDERS
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July 9, 01:31 PM GMT
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15,000 - 25,000 GBP
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A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF SARAPIS, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D., ON 19TH CENTURY HERM SHOULDERS
his beard parted in the center and symmetrically arranged in rows of overlapping voluted curls, his long wavy hair falling low over the forehead in four spiral curls, bound in a diadem, flowing freely down the sides, and descending in six corkscrew curls over the nape of the neck; nose restored.
Total height with shoulders 59 cm.; height of head 32 cm.
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European private collection, circa 19th Century (based on restoration techniques)
French private collection, acquired in the 1950s
Galerie Steinitz, Paris, 2012
Bonhams, London, July 7th, 2016, no. 177, illus.