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Roman Marble Right Leg of a Man or God, circa 2nd Century A.D.

Lot Closed

April 29, 01:02 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Roman Marble Right Leg of a Man or God

circa 2nd Century A.D.


powerfully carved, carrying the weight of the body against a roughly-hewn support in the form of a tree-trunk with pruned branch stumps, a fragmentary strut or puntello on the side of the calf.

Height 83 cm., 32 ¾ in.

Mia Pyck, Bruges, acquired in the 1970s
Stephaan Vermeersch, Sint-Andries, Bruges, acquired from the above in 1987
Giovanni Tomasso, Leeds, acquired from the above on December 8th, 2014
acquired from the above on April 8th, 2017