Lot Essay
For similar treatment of the beard and hair, see the head of Poseidon from Ephesus, now in Vienna, and the joining torso, now in the British Museum, no. 34a in Simon, "Poseidon," in LIMC.
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CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF AN OLYMPIAN
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Probably depicting Neptune, the deity wearing a rolled diadem, the locks contained by the diadem on top of the head sculpted in low relief, radiating from the crown, the face framed by a mass of unruly, deeply drilled, flowing locks descending to the shoulders, the thick beard arranged in tightly-curling rows with a split at the chin, the moustache arching over the full, parted lips, his forehead slightly creased, the eyes with heavy upper lids beneath contoured arching brows, remains of drapery on the left shoulder, the right shoulder bare
14½ in. (36.8 cm.) high
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Probably depicting Neptune, the deity wearing a rolled diadem, the locks contained by the diadem on top of the head sculpted in low relief, radiating from the crown, the face framed by a mass of unruly, deeply drilled, flowing locks descending to the shoulders, the thick beard arranged in tightly-curling rows with a split at the chin, the moustache arching over the full, parted lips, his forehead slightly creased, the eyes with heavy upper lids beneath contoured arching brows, remains of drapery on the left shoulder, the right shoulder bare
14½ in. (36.8 cm.) high
Provenance
French Private Collection.
Anonymous Sale; Christies, 18 December 1997, lot 165.
Anonymous Sale; Christies, 18 December 1997, lot 165.