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A Roman Marble Herm Bust of a Youth, circa 2nd Century A.D.
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
- A Roman Marble Herm Bust of a Youth
- MARBLE
- Height 19 cm.
with centrally parted hair bound in a fillet and falling over the ears in voluted curls; nose formerly restored, top of head separately carved and now missing.
Provenance
European collection, circa 18th Century (based on restoration techniques)
French private collection, acquired in 1960
French private collection, acquired in 1960
Catalogue Note
The head belongs to a type known in several copies and dated in the 2nd half of the 5th Century B.C. For the type see K. Knoll, et al., eds., Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Katalog der antiken Bildwerke, vol. 2, 2011, p. 810f., no. 192.