Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part I
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part I
Property from a Belgian Private Collection
A Roman Marble Head of a Goddess, circa mid to late 2nd Century A.D.
Auction Closed
December 7, 04:32 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Belgian Private Collection
A Roman Marble Head of a Goddess
circa mid to late 2nd Century A.D.
turned slightly to her right, with parted lips and eyes with incised irises and recessed pupils, her wavy hair parted in the center, surmounted by a crescentic diadem, tied in a chignon, and falling in long strands down the sides of the neck, the neck carved for insertion into a statue; no restorations.
Height 26.5 cm.
Sotheby’s, New York, December 14th, 1993, lot 42, illus.
private collection, United Kingdom, received as a wedding gift from Princess Zarina Zainal of Malaysia in 2005 (Bonhams, London, October 23rd, 2013, no. 243, illus.)
Galerie Chenel, Paris
acquired by the present owner from the above
private collection, United Kingdom, received as a wedding gift from Princess Zarina Zainal of Malaysia in 2005 (Bonhams, London, October 23rd, 2013, no. 243, illus.)
Galerie Chenel, Paris
acquired by the present owner from the above