Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part I
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part I
Property from the Collection of the late Antonin and Christiane Besse
A Roman Marble Head of the Eros of Centocelle, circa 2nd Century A.D.
Auction Closed
December 7, 04:32 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of the late Antonin and Christiane Besse
A Roman Marble Head of the Eros of Centocelle
circa 2nd Century A.D.
turned to his right and looking down slightly, his deeply drilled hair tied in a knot above the forehead and falling in long wavy curls down the sides and nape of the neck; no restorations.
Height 14 cm.
Antonin Besse (1927-2016) and Christiane Besse (1928-2021), Beirut and Paris, probably acquired in the late 1960s/early 1970s
The head comes from a miniature copy of the Eros of Centocelle, based on a type going back to a Greek original of the 4th Century B.C., most likely by Praxiteles. The eponymous copy is in the Vatican. A lifesize head of the Eros of Centocelle was sold at Sotheby's, New York, December 5th, 2007, no. 77.