BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
Lot Closed
July 9, 01:25 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A GREEK HEAD OF A YOUNG WOMAN, CIRCA MID 4TH CENTURY B.C.
turned slightly to her right, with parted lips, her wavy, freely-worked hair pulled up and bound in a knot over the crown of the head; no restorations.
Height 12.1 cm.
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deceased estate, Freiburg in Breisgau, Germany, probably acquired in the 1950/1960s (based on variegated black marble plinth)
Kunsthandel Holger Martin & Sohn, Berlin, acquired from the above in 2015
acquired by the present owner from the above in 2017
The head comes from an Attic funerary relief figure carved almost completely in the round. For the hairstyle cf. the Attic grave stelai illustrated by J. Bergemann, Demos und Thanatos, 1997, pl. 60f.