Roman Imperial Marble Head of Ganymede (or possibly Paris), circa 1st century A.D.

Auction Closed

February 7, 04:52 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 200,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

perhaps Paris or Attis, the youth turned to his left, his centrally parted wavy hair falling in drilled spiral curls over the temples and surmounted by a Phrygian cap with ends tied in a bow on the crown, long spiral curls falling over the nape of the neck

height: 8 ½ in.; 21.59 cm

The first line of provenance has been amended - please refer to the lot page online for the updated provenance.

Said to have been excavated in Crete and brought to England in 1870;

Collection of Captain F.G. Bowring, Royal Navy;

Sotheby’s, London, April 5th, 1966, lot 145, illus;

K. J. Hewett, London, acquired at the above sale;

Mrs. William McCormick Blair, acquired in London circa 1975;

Sotheby’s, New York, June 12th, 1993, lot 113, illus.;

New York Private Collection;

Sotheby’s, New York, June 7th 2007, lot 46, illus.;

Acquired by the present owner from the above sale.

Maarten J. Vermaseren, Corpus cultus Cybelae Attidisque, vol. 2, Graecia atque insulae, Leiden, 1982, p. 213, no. 665, pl. 196.