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THE PROPERTY OF A MASSACHUSETTS PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A ROMAN MARBLE CAPITAL FRAGMENT
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN MARBLE CAPITAL FRAGMENT
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Preserving two heads sculpted in high relief, each at the center of the abacus, one side with a Gorgoneion, her oval face with furrowed brows above articulated eyes, the pupils deeply drilled, her outlined, fleshy lips parted, her thick, curly hair descending in corkscrew curls, wings emerging at the top of her head, and one side with the goddess Tyche, her oval face with furrowed brows over articulated eyes, her outlined, fleshy lips parted, remnants of a mural crown atop her wavy hair, twisted locks falling along her neck, with volutes partially preserved at the projecting corners, preserving rectangular mortices on the upper surface
34¼ in. (87 cm.) high
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Preserving two heads sculpted in high relief, each at the center of the abacus, one side with a Gorgoneion, her oval face with furrowed brows above articulated eyes, the pupils deeply drilled, her outlined, fleshy lips parted, her thick, curly hair descending in corkscrew curls, wings emerging at the top of her head, and one side with the goddess Tyche, her oval face with furrowed brows over articulated eyes, her outlined, fleshy lips parted, remnants of a mural crown atop her wavy hair, twisted locks falling along her neck, with volutes partially preserved at the projecting corners, preserving rectangular mortices on the upper surface
34¼ in. (87 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 17 December 1996, lot 142.
Dr. Michael Miller, Armonk, New York.
Dr. Michael Miller, Armonk, New York.
Literature
R. Brilliant, The Miller Collection of Roman Sculpture, Mythological Figures and Portraits, Minneapolis, 2004, pp. 44-45, no. 14.
Exhibited
Minneapolis, Minneapolis Museum of Art, The Miller Collection of Roman Sculpture, Mythological Figures and Portraits, 13 March - 20 June 2004, no. 14.