Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

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Another Property

A Hellenistic Marble Head of a Goddess, circa 2nd Century B.C.

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Lot Closed

July 6, 12:58 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

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Description

Another Property

A Hellenistic Marble Head of a Goddess

circa 2nd Century B.C.


turned to her right, her hair parted in the centre and falling in a long tapering plait over the nape of the neck; no restorations.

Height 11 cm.

German private collection, acquired in the 1980s
Von Zengen Kunstauktionen, Bonn, November 30th, 2015, no. 455
acquired by the present owner at the above sale

The turn of the head, the hairstyle, even the facial features have a close parallel in the head of an over-lifesize statue of Nike in Athens, dating from the Hellenistic period: N. Kaltsas, Sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum Athens, 2002, p. 282, no. 593; http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/objekt/1006. The present head might well have belonged to a similar figure.