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A Roman Marble Herm Bust of a Dionysiac Child, 1st/2nd Century A.D.
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description
- A Roman Marble Herm Bust of a Dionysiac Child
- marble
- Height 18 cm.
with dimpled chin and recessed eyes, the wavy hair surmounted by a wreath of ivy leaves and berries, a necklace of ivy leaves and berries attached to the tassels; no restorations.
Provenance
Mathias Komor (active 1941-1983), New York
Alsdorf Collection, Chicago (Sotheby's, New York, December 8th, 2000, no. 96, illus.)
Alsdorf Collection, Chicago (Sotheby's, New York, December 8th, 2000, no. 96, illus.)
Literature
Christie's, New York, December 13th, 2013, no. 143, illus.
Catalogue Note
For a closely related example cf. C. Vermeule and A. Brauer, Stone Sculptures. The Greek, Roman and Etruscan Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums, 1990, p. 149, no. 137 (//www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/292367?position=26). Also see Sotheby's, London, July 9th, 1984, no. 261.