A ROMAN GIALLO ANTICO HERM BUST OF A HELLENISTIC RULER, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
A ROMAN GIALLO ANTICO HERM BUST OF A HELLENISTIC RULER, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
with parted lips and formerly inlaid eyes, and wearing an aegis and helmet with fragmentary twin ram's horns in front, crest, and ram's head pendent before each ear, the cheek-pieces fastened at the chin, the ends of his diadem falling over the shoulders; no restorations.
Height 19 cm.
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Provenance:
French private collection, acquired in the 1970s
Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, Bailly-Pommery & Voutier, commissaires-priseurs, Cabinet de curiosités de Monsieur V. et à divers, November 23rd, 2011, no. 57
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A ROMAN GIALLO ANTICO HERM BUST OF A HELLENISTIC RULER, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
with parted lips and formerly inlaid eyes, and wearing an aegis and helmet with fragmentary twin ram's horns in front, crest, and ram's head pendent before each ear, the cheek-pieces fastened at the chin, the ends of his diadem falling over the shoulders; no restorations.
Height 19 cm.
Condition Report:
To request a condition report for this lot, please contact ancientsculpture@sothebys.com.
Provenance:
French private collection, acquired in the 1970s
Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, Bailly-Pommery & Voutier, commissaires-priseurs, Cabinet de curiosités de Monsieur V. et à divers, November 23rd, 2011, no. 57
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