BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern

BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern

Property from a Swiss Private Collection

A GREEK BRONZE FIGURE OF A KOUROS, 2ND HALF OF THE 6TH CENTURY B.C.

Lot Closed

July 9, 01:17 PM GMT

Estimate

3,500 - 4,500 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Swiss Private Collection

A GREEK BRONZE FIGURE OF A KOUROS, 2ND HALF OF THE 6TH CENTURY B.C.


standing on a stepped rectangular base with the left arm relaxed and the right forearm formerly extended, his long hair engraved with stippling and falling in a broad plait over his upper back; together with an Etruscan-style figure of Herakles, lifting his right hand.


Height 8.5 cm.


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Leo Biaggi de Blasys (1906-1979), Lugano, acquired in the 1950s/1960s

by descent to the present owner

The kouros appears as no. 23 in a partial inventory of the Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection dated January 25th, 1982, Lausanne, Switzerland.

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