Lot 307
  • 307

A Marble Head of A Woman, Greece, circa 1st part of the 4th Century B.C.

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 EUR
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Description

  • marble
  • Haut. 17,8 cm. ; Height 7 in.
turned to her right, her oval face with a dimple on the chin, her ajar mouth and hooked nose, her hair crowned by a sakkos

Provenance

Former German private collection, late 1970s - early 1980s
Wladimir Rosenbaum (1894-1984), Galerie Serodine, Ascona
Galerie Nefer, Zurich
Daedalus Gallery, New York, circa 1990
American private collection

Literature

Daedalus Gallery. Selections from the Opening Exhibition, New York, [1990], pp. 4-5, illus.

Condition

Surface weathered as shown. Area of dark incrustation over back of head. Surface usée sur l’ensemble de la tête, plus d'un côté que de l'autre. Zone d'incrustation noirâtre au dos de la tête.
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