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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. & MRS. CHARLES W. NEWHALL, III
A ROMAN MARBLE DOUBLE-SIDED OSCILLUM
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN MARBLE DOUBLE-SIDED OSCILLUM
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Disk-shaped, sculpted in relief, the obverse with two theater masks, a frontal male mask of comedy to the left, his hair rolled back from his undulating forehead, with a heavy knitted brow, pug nose, long beard and open upturned mouth, a female mask of tragedy to the right in profile, the high plaited onkos tied by a fillet, with a hooked nose and a pointed chin, on a naturalistic rocky ground; the reverse in lower relief with a centaur carrying an amphora, prancing with the left equine legs lifted, with a muscular human torso, his hair a mass of wild wavy locks; both sides with a raised plain border, preserving an iron pin along the upper edge on the reverse for suspension
13¾ in. (34.9 cm.) diameter
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Disk-shaped, sculpted in relief, the obverse with two theater masks, a frontal male mask of comedy to the left, his hair rolled back from his undulating forehead, with a heavy knitted brow, pug nose, long beard and open upturned mouth, a female mask of tragedy to the right in profile, the high plaited onkos tied by a fillet, with a hooked nose and a pointed chin, on a naturalistic rocky ground; the reverse in lower relief with a centaur carrying an amphora, prancing with the left equine legs lifted, with a muscular human torso, his hair a mass of wild wavy locks; both sides with a raised plain border, preserving an iron pin along the upper edge on the reverse for suspension
13¾ in. (34.9 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Private Collection, Europe, acquired in the 1980s.
Private Collection, U.S., acquired in 1998.
with Safani Gallery, New York, 2006 (Echoes of Time, no. 4).
Private Collection, U.S., acquired in 1998.
with Safani Gallery, New York, 2006 (Echoes of Time, no. 4).
Brought to you by
G. Max Bernheimer
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