Egyptian, Classical, and Western Asiatic Antiquities, including Property of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery

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Lot 46
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A Marble Head of Ganymede, Roman Imperial , circa 1st Century A.D.

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • A Marble Head of Ganymede, Roman Imperial
  • Height 8 1/2 in. 21.6 cm.
or perhaps Paris, probably inspired by a Greek sculpture of the 4th Century B.C., the youth turned to his left, his centrally parted wavy hair falling in drilled spiral curls over the temples and surmounted by a Phrygian cap with ends tied in a bow on the crown, long spiral curls falling over the nape of the neck.

Provenance

reportedly Spencer-Churchill Collection
Mrs. William McCormick Blair, acquired in London circa 1975 (Sotheby's, New York, June 12th, 1993, no. 113, illus.)