Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Property from a North American Private Collection
A Roman Marble Bust of Aphrodite, circa 2nd Century A.D
Lot Closed
July 6, 01:03 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a North American Private Collection
A Roman Marble Bust of Aphrodite
circa 2nd Century A.D
turned slightly to her left, her centrally-parted wavy hair arranged in a top knot with loose curls, tied in a chignon, and surmounted by a diadem, small curls escaping behind the ears; nose, chin with part of right cheek, parts of ears and diadem, chignon, and shoulders restored.
Total height 42 cm.; height of head 23 cm.
Gilda Grat de Racaj Montemayor (circa 1900-1980), New York and Mexico City
private collection, Mexico
by descent to the present owner
For the arrangement of the top knot see the head of the Crouching Aphrodite type: http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/objekt/11224. A diadem is a common decorative feature added by Roman sculptors to heads of Aphrodite (e.g. a head of the Cnidian Aphrodite type: http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/objekt/34733).