Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
A Roman Marble Torso of a Charis, circa 1st Century A.D.
Lot Closed
July 6, 01:05 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A Roman Marble Torso of a Charis
circa 1st Century A.D.
from a group of the Three Graces, standing with the weight on her right leg, traces of a strut on her right hip, remains of the left arm of a Grace standing to her left on the breast and right shoulder; no restorations.
Height 35 cm.
French private collection, Bordeaux
Galerie Sandrine Ladrière, Paris
acquired by the present owner from the above on November 13th, 2020
For a similar fragment to the present one in the Rodin Museum in Paris see https://www.musee-rodin.fr/en/musee/collections/oeuvres/fragment-group-three-graces-nude-female-torso.
The composition of the Three Graces linked together in a dance-like pose enjoyed great popularity in antiquity and is known from a variety of media, e.g. marble reliefs (sarcophagus in Hever Castle: http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/objekt/7335), bronze reliefs (mirror in New York: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/255880), wall paintings (fresco from Pompeii: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Three_Graces,_from_Pompeii.jpg), and marble statuary (a group in New York: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/256403). The original must have been created in the Hellenistic period and could have been a painting.
