CIRCA EARLY 3RD CENTURY A.D.

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A COLOSSAL ROMAN MARBLE FIGURAL COLUMN
CIRCA EARLY 3RD CENTURY A.D.
Depicting a winged male clad in Eastern attire, perhaps a Genius or Season, wearing a Phrygian cap, a long-sleeved tunic with twisted cuffs and a voluminous himation draped over his shoulders, his head slightly downturned, with a long oval face, straight nose, parted fleshy lips and thin arching brows, the lidded eyes deeply recessed to be viewed from below, the hair a mass of richly towseled locks, his left arm crossing at his waist, his right arm acutely bent and crossing his chest, his wings upraised above his shoulders, in high relief along a column, the rounded abacus just above the tip of the Phrygian cap
42½ cm. (108 cm.) high

Provenance

German Art Market, 1975.
with N. Koutoulakis, Geneva.

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Lot Essay

The style and form of this column closely resembles the eight colossal figures that formed the early 3rd century A.D. stoa-like facade of the agora at Corinth. These figures served as supports for the pediment and roof and were carved in the form of bound prisoners in Eastern costume; see figs. 27-28 in Vermeule, Roman Imperial Art in Greece and Asia Minor. Note, in particular, the similar treatment of the hair and the face, as well as the garment and cap.

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