Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

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Property from the Collection of David and Corina Silich, Switzerland

A Bronze Figure of Pan, late Hellenistic/early Roman, circa 1st Century B.C./1st Century A.D.

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Auction Closed

December 3, 04:39 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

the goat-legged shepherd deity standing with his right leg advanced and holding a lagobolon cradled in his right arm, and wearing an animal skin draped over the left shoulder, laden with fruit, and raised in his left hand, the head lowered to his left, with long beard of corkscrew curls, unruly upswept hair, and pointed ears.


Height 14 cm.

The Hon. Robert Erskine (1930-2024), London

Robin Symes, Ltd., London

acquired by the present owner from the above in 1977


Published

Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch, London, Enduring Legacy: Ancient Art from the Egyptians to the Romans, 3000 B.C. to 600 A.D., 2024, no. 36, illus.

For related Hellenistic bronze figures of Pan see M. Comstock & C. Vermeule, Greek, Etruscan & Roman Bronzes in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1971, p. 763, no. 75, and A. P. Kozloff and D. G. Mitten, The Gods Delight. The Human Figure in Classical Bronze, exhibition catalogue, Cleveland, 1988, pp. 142-147, no. 23.

 

For a related Roman marble figure of Pan standing in a more animated pose see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1805-0703-25

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