19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE ANTIQUE

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AN IMPERIAL PORPHYRY HEAD OF A ROMAN EMPEROR
19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE ANTIQUE
On modern porphyry plinth; together with five Imperial porphyry architectural fragments and a grey-veined white marble fragment
The head: 6 in. (15 cm.) high

Provenance

The Head: Sir William Miles Aykroyd, 3rd Baronet (1923-2007), Buckland Newton Place, Dorset and thence by descent to his nephew Philip Hewat-Jaboor.
The first, third, and fifth fragments: with H.M. Luther Antiques, New York, where purchased by Philip Hewat-Jaboor in December 2006.
The second and fourth fragments: Collection of Sheriff Smith of Killmarnoch House, Troun, Scotland, by repute.
The sixth fragment: with Monluc Antiquaires, Paris.

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Lot Essay

Sir William Miles Aykroyd, 3rd Baronet (1923–2007) was Philip Hewat-Jaboor's uncle. A decorated soldier in the Second World War, he won the Military Cross for gallantry, but his elegance and charm pushed him into the world of high fashion, becoming a Director of Hardy Amies Ltd., in 1960, where he worked for the next twenty years. He bought Buckland Newton Place in Dorset in the early 1970s and entertained on a grand scale. scale. After his death in 2007, his collection was sold at Duke's, Dorchester, 11 December 2007, from where Philip acquired various pieces throughout this catalogue.

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