CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D.

Details

A GRAECO-ROMAN MARBLE STATUE OF ARTEMIS
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D.
Standing with weight on her left leg, right knee bent forwards, the goddess draped in a short diaphonous chiton tied under the breasts, a quiver strap passing across her breasts from her left shoulder, with the upper part of a collared hound nestling by her right knee, mounted
36¼ in. (92 cm.) high

Provenance

Formerly in the collection of Klaus Otto Preis: sold Sotheby's Paris, 9 November 2005, lot 146.
Klaus Otto Preis (b. 1936 in Düsseldorf), art lover and museum benefactor, lived in Paris from the 1950s onwards.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. Please note that the lots of Iranian origin are subject to U.S. trade restrictions which currently prohibit the import into the United States. Similar restrictions may apply in other countries.

Lot Essay

For similar, cf. J. Reader, Die antiken Skulpturen in Petworth House, Mainz am Rhein, 2000, pp. 93-95, pl. 40,1-2, no. 24; Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae, II, Zurich and Munich, 1984, nos. 268, 277 and 361; and R. Schindler, Landesmuseum Trier: Führer durch die vorgeschichtliche und römische Abteilung, Trier, 1970, pl. 103.

More from Antiquities

View All