Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part II

Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part II

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Property from the Collection of Sir Peter Jonas

A Roman Marble Figure of a Man, circa 1st Century A.D.

Lot Closed

December 8, 04:56 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Sir Peter Jonas

A Roman Marble Figure of a Man

circa 1st Century A.D.


perhaps a shepherd, standing with the weight on his left leg and the right hand on his chest, and wearing a long fleece mantle fastened on the right shoulder, draped around the hips, and falling in long vertical folds down the back, the right arm carved separately and now missing; no restorations.

Height 35 cm.

French private collection, acquired in the 1970s
Sotheby's, London, June 13th, 2016, no. 36, illus.
acquired at the above sale