Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Property from a Private Collector
A Fragmentary Greek Marble Relief Head of a Woman, Attic, late 4th Century B.C.
Lot Closed
December 17, 01:24 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collector
A Fragmentary Greek Marble Relief Head of a Woman, Attic
late 4th Century B.C.
turned to her right, with pierced earlobes, her wavy hair swept up and arranged in a top knot, her himation drawn up as a veil over the back; no restorations.
Height 25 cm.
acquired by the present owner from the above on December 31st, 1982
PUBLISHED
Iris Love, The Ophiuchus Collection, Florence, 1989, pp. 44-45, no. 6
The present head formed part of an Attic funerary relief. A statue from an Attic funerary naiskos with the same hairstyle is in New York: J. Bergemann, Demos und Thanatos, 1997, pl. 64; https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254508.