Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Lot Closed
July 5, 02:56 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A Fragmentary Roman Basalt Head of a Woman or Goddess
circa 2nd Century A.D.
with parted lips, incised irises and drilled pupils, her voluminous wavy hair covering her ears, the neck carved for insertion into a statuette.
Height 7.2 cm.
probably McAlpine Ancient Art, London
private collection, London, acquired in the 1990s
Rupert Wace Ancient Art, London
acquired by the present owner from the above in 2007
The rendering of the hair bears some resemblance to mid 5th century B.C. sculpture; compare the head of Myron’s Athena: https://arachne.dainst.org/entity/1065584. Greywacke was used for two copies of a male head type from that period: arachne.dainst.org/entity/566252; arachne.dainst.org/entity/566250.
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