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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. & MRS. CHARLES W. NEWHALL, III
A ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF FRAGMENT
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF FRAGMENT
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Preserving two tragic theater masks, including a female to the left, her high coiffure plaited along the left side of her face, her open mouth downturned, the large eyes with the pupils hollowed, and a male to the right, his long hair upswept along his forehead, with a straight plaited beard, knitted brow and hollowed open mouth, the pupils and inner canthi deeply drilled, preserving a raised border along the right and bottom edge, an undulating serpentine motif below
10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) high
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Preserving two tragic theater masks, including a female to the left, her high coiffure plaited along the left side of her face, her open mouth downturned, the large eyes with the pupils hollowed, and a male to the right, his long hair upswept along his forehead, with a straight plaited beard, knitted brow and hollowed open mouth, the pupils and inner canthi deeply drilled, preserving a raised border along the right and bottom edge, an undulating serpentine motif below
10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, France, acquired in the 1990s.
Anonymous sale; Piasa, Drouot Richelieu, Paris, 13 April 2005, lot 581.
with Rupert Wace, London, 2006 (Ancient Art, no. 33).
Anonymous sale; Piasa, Drouot Richelieu, Paris, 13 April 2005, lot 581.
with Rupert Wace, London, 2006 (Ancient Art, no. 33).
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G. Max Bernheimer
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