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Lot 30
ROMAN HEAD OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT AS HELIOS C. 2nd Century AD
Sale 5146 - The Jeff Hunter Collection | Antiquities and Tribal Art
Mar 13, 2019
10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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$10,000 -
15,000
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$62,500
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Lot Description
ROMAN HEAD OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT AS HELIOS C. 2nd Century AD
Carved marble, Alexander's youthful face is framed by curled hair held in place by a fillet, which is provided with drillholes to receive a radiate headdress, raised on a bespoke mount.
H: 11.2, W: 5.9 in. (mounted).Provenance
François Antonovich, Paris.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 2005, inventory number CLC412, (copy of the original purchase invoice to be included).
The Jeff Hunter Collection, New York.
Literature
François Antonovich, Les Métamorphoses Divines d'Alexandre, Mouseion Editions, 1996, pp. 88 & 344.