Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

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Property from the Collection of Ben Smith, Atlanta

A Roman Limestone Portrait Head of a Man, 2nd Century A.D.

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Auction Closed

December 3, 04:39 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

turned to his left, his long face with short curly beard, almond-shaped eyes with incised irises and single deep drill holes making the pupils, eyebrows in relief, and elaborately curled hair over the forehead, a supporting pillar with rounded top behind.


Height 31.7 cm.

private collection, first half of the 20th century, based on the wood mount

Benjamin Smith (1941-2021), artist, Atlanta, acquired prior to 1991


Published

Sotheby's, London, December 7th, 2022, no. 124, illus.

For a related example in the Louvre see https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010278108 (M. Blömer, Steindenkmäler römischer Zeit aus Nordsyrien [Asia Minor Studien, vol. 71], 2014, Kat. Nr: A II 33, pl. 44.1).

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