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Property from a Private Collection

A Fragmentary Greek Marble Relief Head of a Woman, Attic, late 4th Century B.C.

No reserve

Lot Closed

July 5, 01:11 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection

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.

Alexander Iolas (1907-1987)
acquired by the present owner from the above on December 31st, 1982
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.