Lot 85
85
A GREEK MARBLE HEAD OF A BOY
A GREEK MARBLE HEAD OF A BOY
A GREEK MARBLE HEAD OF A BOY
A GREEK MARBLE HEAD OF A BOY
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A GREEK MARBLE HEAD OF A BOY

LATE HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.

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A GREEK MARBLE HEAD OF A BOY
LATE HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
8 ½ in. (21.5 cm.) high
Provenance
with The Merrin Gallery, New York, acquired by 1968.
Private Collection, Canada, acquired from the above, 1990.
Acquired by the current owner from the above by 2014.

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Lot Essay

For a related head also with short-cropped wavy hair, a broad forehead, narrow almond-shaped eyes and a pointed chin, see the bust at Broadlands, Romsey, no. 11 in D. Grassinger, Antike Marmorskulpturen auf Schloß Broadlands. Also compare the head in New York, no. 61 in D. von Bothmer and R. d'Harnoncourt, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities: An Exhibition from the Collection of Walter Cummings Baker, Esq. The conical tenon in place of the neck suggests that the head was inserted into a separately-made draped body.

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