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A Marble Figure of Pan, Roman Imperial, Eastern Mediterranean, Circa late 1st Century B.C./early 1st Century A.D.
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- A Marble Figure of Pan, Roman Imperial, Eastern Mediterranean
- Marble
- Height 32 1/2 in. 82.6 cm.
based on a Greek original of the 4th Century B.C., the goat-legged deity standing against a tree-trunk support on a cylindrical base with his left leg forward and holding the syrinx in his left hand, and wearing a tightly wrapped goat (?) skin enveloping his right hand, his wavy beard visible above the garment.
Provenance
French private collection
Belgian private collection, circa 1950
Belgian private collection, circa 1950
Condition
As shown and described, surface slightly weathered, scattered chips and abrasions, particularly to extremities and front of drapery, loss to proper left foot and lower leg, visible in catalogue image.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
For three almost identical examples based on the same classical Greek original see N. Kaltsas, Sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Los Angeles, 2002, p. 263, no. 550 (inv. no. 251, from Sparta; see Arachne, no. 926: http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/objekt/926), H. Stuart Jones, A Catalogue of the Ancient Sculptures. The Sculptures of the Museo Capitolino, Oxford, 1912, pp. 69f., no. 18, pl. 13 (inv. no. 199), and L. Budde and R. Nicholls, A Catalogue of the Greek and Roman Sculpture in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, Cambridge, 1964, pp. 26-27, no. 49, pl. II (inv. no. GR.4.1865: "from a garden below the grotto of Pan at the foot of the Acropolis of Athens").