Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part I
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part I
Another Property
A Roman Bronze Applique Bust of a Goddess, circa mid 2nd Century A.D.
Auction Closed
December 6, 03:36 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Another Property
A Roman Bronze Applique Bust of a Goddess
circa mid 2nd Century A.D.
wearing a chiton, her face with full lips, straight nose, and eyes with incised irises and dotted pupils, her centrally-parted wavy hair bound in a diadem and tied in a top knot, twin symmetrical curls falling over the forehead.
Height 14.6 cm.
Mathias Komor, New York
Fannette Sawyer, Buffalo, New York, acquired from the above in the early 1970s
Rupert Wace Ancient Art, New York
Pars Antiques, United Kingdom, 1999
Midwestern private collection (Christie's, New York, June 8th, 2005, no. 168, illus.)
Sotheby’s, New York, December 10th, 2008, no. 36, illus.
acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Published
Triple Gallery, Bremgarten-Bern, Unsere Besten. Antike Skulpturen und Reliefs vereint mit Meisterzeichnungen von der Renaissance bis zur klassischen Moderne, Geburtstagsausstellung, May 23rd to June 30th, 2007, p. 10, no. 7, illus.
The concave back suggests that the present bust functioned as an applique or handle plate for a large vessel.
For a related example see B. Barr-Sharrar, The Hellenistic and Early Imperial Decorative Bust, Mainz am Rhein, 1987, pl. 22, C66 (Artemis).
For the coiffure compare the 3rd Century B.C. Crouching Aphrodite by Doidalsas: P. E. Visconti, Catalogo del Museo Torlonia, 1883, no. 170, and G. Spinola, Il Museo Pio Clementino , vol. 2, Vatican City, 1999, p. 170, no. 41.