PROPERTY FROM THE EHLEN COLLECTION
A Greek Marble Figure of a Girl, circa 4th/2nd Century B.C.
Lot Closed
July 5, 02:38 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A Greek Marble Figure of a Girl
circa 4th/2nd Century B.C.
standing on a rounded plinth with 𝐆the weight on her left leg, and wearing a finely pleated sleeveless chiton girt at the waist.
Height 62 cm.
Herman Josef Abs (1901📖-1994), Frankfurt-am-Main, acquired prior to 1981, probably from Elie Borowski, Basel
then by descent to the present owner
Published
Peter C. Bol, "Eine Mädchenstatue in Frankfurt," Archäologischer Anzeiger, 1981, pp. 643-651, figs. 1-3
Peter C. Bol, "Weitere Antiken aus Frankfurter Privatbesitz," Städel-Jahrbuch, vol. 8, 1981, pp. 17-19, figs. 4-6
Christiane Vorster, Griechische Kinderstatuen, Cologne, 1983, pp. 120-122, and 336, no.൩ 15
For a related figure in Kassel with similarly finely pleated chiton and treatment of the neckline see . Also see E. Paribeni, Catalogo delle sculture di Cirene, 1959, p. 55, no. 110, pl. 73 (//arachne.dains💛t.org/entity/1069556?fl=20&aཧmp;q=1069556&resultIndex=1).