CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.

Details

A ROMAN BRONZE DRAPED LEFT ARM
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.
13 1/8 in. (33.5 cm.) long

Provenance

with Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Paris and Geneva, acquired in Paris, 1950s-1960s; thence by descent.
Paris art market, 2008.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above in 2010. (Art of the Ancient World, vol. XXIII, 2012, no. 57, and Art of the Ancient World, vol. XXVIII, 2017, no. 58).
Swiss private collection, acquired from the above.

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Lot Essay

From a life-sized statue of a woman, the well-modeled arm is adorned with a twisted bracelet and dressed with a pleated garment on the upper part of the arm. The elegant and elongated fingers are typical of 2nd-3rd Century bronze portraiture. Cf. A Roman bronze portrait of the empress Julia Aquilia Severa at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, acc. no. X23321.

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