CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D., AFTER A GREEK ORIGINAL OF THE LATE 5TH/EARLY 4TH CENTURY B.C.

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A ROMAN CRYSTALLINE MARBLE HEAD OF THE GODDESS, ATHENA
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D., AFTER A GREEK ORIGINAL OF THE LATE 5TH/EARLY 4TH CENTURY B.C.
With centrally parted wavy hair swept back under her Corinthian helmet, rolled leather earflaps at the sides, lips slightly parted with almond-shaped unarticulated eyes, a square socket in the crown of her helmet, small restoration to front visor of helmet, nose restored, iron tang at nape of neck for chignon (now missing), mounted
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high

Provenance

Formerly in a private collection, Dresden.

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Lot Essay

Cf. B. S. Ridgway, Greek Sculpture in the Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, 1994, pp. 53-56, no. 15, "The original of this type was probably made in the late fifth or early fourth century B.C. and belongs to a class of helmeted statues of the goddess that are derivative of the Pheidian Athena Parthenos, dedicated within the Parthenon in 438 B.C.". Also, cf. M. B. Comstock and C. C. Vermeule, Sculpture in Stone, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1976, p. 97, no. 150; and H. Hoffmann, Ten Centuries That Shaped The West, Houston, 1970, pp. 44-45, no. 14 for similar.

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