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A GREEK MARBLE HEAD OF A MAENAD
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A GREEK MARBLE HEAD OF A MAENAD

HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.

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A GREEK MARBLE HEAD OF A MAENAD
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
Probably from Alexandria, her wavy hair centrally parted and pulled back, tresses falling down nape of neck, wearing conical sakkos fixed at crown with laurel wreath, globular earrings, faint smile on lips
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high
Provenance
The Thétis Collection, Geneva, Switzerland; acquired prior to 1970.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
J.-L. Zimmermann, Collection de la Fondation Thétis, Geneva, 1987, p. 86, no. 159.

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