Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

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Property from a German Private Collection

A Roman Marble Head of Asklepios, circa 2nd Century A.D.

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Auction Closed

December 3, 04:39 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

with full centrally-divided beard of overlapping curls, parted lips, and eyes with incised irises and drilled crescentic pupils, his luxuriant hair parted in the centre, swept up above the forehead, and cascading down the sides in wavy voluted locks.

 

Height 20 cm.

Axel G. Weber, Cologne

acquired from the above at the German Art and Antique Fair, Munich, 1977


Published

22. Deutsche Kunst und Antiquitäten Messe München 1977 (October 28th-November 6th), p. 276, illus.

For the head of a bearded god related in style and workmanship see Sotheby’s, New York, June 5th, 2008, no. 32. Also see a statue of Asklepios and Telesphoros in Antalya: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antalya_museum_Asclepios_2nd_century_AD_3285.jpg.