Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Another Property
A Roman Marble Portrait Head of a Philosopher, circa 2nd/3rd Century A.D., on 17th/18th Century shoulders
Lot Closed
July 6, 01:31 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Another Property
A Roman Marble Portrait Head of a Philosopher
circa 2nd/3rd Century A.D., on 17th/18th Century shoulders
his face with long moustache, full beard of voluted curls, and prominent eyes with incised irises and drilled pupils, his hair swept back over the ears and falling in three thick curls over the middle of the forehead; crown of head restored, nose formerly restored.
Height of head 20.5 cm; height with shoulders 32.5 cm; total height with socle 43 cm.
European private collection(s), circa 18th Century (based on restoration techniques)
Roditi family collection, Nice, acquired in the early 20th Century
French private collection, by descent (Azur Enchères, Cannes, March 29th, 2014, no. 245)
acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Published
Sotheby's, New York, December 12th, 2014, no. 38, illus.
For a related example see the bust inscribed "Hesiod" formerly at Wilton House and engraved by Hogarth: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1858-0417-539 (J. Scott, The Pleasures of Antiquity: British Collectors of Greece and Rome, New Haven, 2003, p. 42, fig. 23); this bust was sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, April 24th-25th, 1970, no. 207.