Lot 27
- 27
A Marble Head of Eros, Roman Imperial, circa 1st Century A.D.
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description
- A Marble Head of Eros, Roman Imperial
- Marble
- Height 6 3/4 in. 17.1 cm.
his round face with parted lips and high forehead, his wavy hair radiating from the crown, gathered in a top-knot, and falling in voluted curls over the nape of the neck.
Provenance
French family collection, Arles, acquired prior to circa 1900
Catalogue Note
Cf. H. Stuart Jones, ed., The Sculptures of the Museo Capitolino (A catalogue of the ancient sculptures preserved in the municipal collections of Rome, v. 1) , Oxford, 1912, p. 155, no. 38, pl. 35 (//arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/objekt/37612).