Lot 107
107
A GREEK MARBLE HEAD
PROPERTY OF THE POLIMENI COLLECTION C
A GREEK MARBLE HEAD

Details
A GREEK MARBLE HEAD
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.

The well-modelled face with parted lips and recessed, heavy lidded eyes beneath contoured brows, the sparsely sculpted hair arranged in thick wavy locks, the long neck broader at the base, the back of the head unworked, with a mortice at the back of the neck with original lead clamp in place, on a modern marble base
8 3/8in. (21.3cm.) high

Lot Essay

The unworked back and the broadening at the base of the neck, in combination the mortice in back suggests that this head was originally part of a composition finished in a less expenisve material such as limestone. This would also suggest a western Greek workshop, where expensive imported marble was was always sparingly used.