Lot Essay
Depictions of Nike were common in the Hauran during the Roman period. For a related example see no. 140 in Padgett, ed., Roman Sculpture in the Art Museum, Princeton University.
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HAURAN, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN BASALT NIKE
HAURAN, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Sculpted in the round, moving forward with the left leg originally advanced, the left arm originally lowered and the right arm raised, wearing a tunic with broad billowing folds and a long overfold, pinned at the shoulders, each shoulder preserving a pair of long pendants once suspended below a now-missing brooch, with two deep rectangular mortises at the back for attachment of separately-made and now-missing wings
17½ in. (44.4 cm.) high
HAURAN, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Sculpted in the round, moving forward with the left leg originally advanced, the left arm originally lowered and the right arm raised, wearing a tunic with broad billowing folds and a long overfold, pinned at the shoulders, each shoulder preserving a pair of long pendants once suspended below a now-missing brooch, with two deep rectangular mortises at the back for attachment of separately-made and now-missing wings
17½ in. (44.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Ambassador and Mrs. William Eagleton, early 1980s.
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