Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

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Property of a European Private Collector

A Roman Marble Head of a Goddess, 2nd Century A.D.

Auction Closed

December 3, 04:39 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 90,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

turned to her left, her centrally parted wavy hair bound in a fillet, swept back over the ears, and bound together at the back of the head.

 

Height 24 cm.

European private collection, 17th/18th Century (based on restoration techniques)

Japanese private collection, acquired at the Schweizerische Kunst- und Antiquitätenmesse, Basel, March 20th-29th, 1981, probably from Pino Donati Arte Classica (Lugano)

by descent to the present owner from the above

For the rendering of the hair see the head of the Klio Munich type (arachne.dainst.org/entity/1067869) and the head of the Aphrodite Colonna-Ermitage type (arachne.dainst.org/entity/1077591).