HEAD OF A HELLENISTIC RULER C. 1st Century BC
Sale 5146 - The Jeff Hunter Collection | Antiquities and Tribal Art
Mar 13, 2019
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Live / Philadelphia
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$4,063
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HEAD OF A HELLENISTIC RULER C. 1st Century BC
Carved marble, shown wearing a crested helmet with ram's horns, the face with mouth agape and framed by two cheekpieces, the head flat at the back for mounting, raised on a bespoke plinth.
H: 9.25, W: 3.5 in. (mounted).Provenance: François Antonovich, Paris.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 2001, inventory number CLC413, (copy of the original purchase invoice to be included).
The Jeff Hunter Collection, New York.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Budde, L. and Nicholls, R., 1964. A Catalogue of the Greek and Roman Sculpture in the Fitzwilliam Museum, no. 88, pl. 30.
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