Lot 45
45
A MARBLE BUST OF ALEXANDER COSMOCRATOR
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A MARBLE BUST OF ALEXANDER COSMOCRATOR

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A MARBLE BUST OF ALEXANDER COSMOCRATOR
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The deified ruler wearing a chlamys, his mane-like hair surmounted by disc with eight-pointed starburst, his face with youthful features, full lips and heavy-lidded eyes, traces of red pigment on curls and disc, repaired, mounted
14¼ in. (36.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1965; reputedly from Alexandria prior to World War II: sold Christie's, London, 11 June 1997, lot 168.
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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED: Images, no. 15 and front cover; Alexandre, p. 34.

Cf. Exhibition catalogue, The Search for Alexander, Boston, 1980, no. 42 for a head of Alexander Cosmocrator. The starburst implies dominion over the heavens, hence master of the Cosmos.

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