Lot 15
15
A ROMAN MARBLE RIGHT ARM HOLDING A FLUTE
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF BENOÎT DE GORSKI
A ROMAN MARBLE RIGHT ARM HOLDING A FLUTE

CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

Details
A ROMAN MARBLE RIGHT ARM HOLDING A FLUTE
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) long
Provenance
with Daphne Zimmermann, Geneva.
Acquired by the current owner, Geneva, from the above, 1989.
Literature
J. Chamay, K. Gex, and F. van der Wielen, Joyaux de l'Antiquité: la collection d'un amateur, Benoit de Gorski, Geneva, 2011, pp. 56-57.

Lot Essay

According to Chamay, the flute held in this delicately rendered right hand might lend a clue to its possessor's identity, as flutes were a common attribute of Euterpe, the muse of lyric poetry (op. cit., p. 56).

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