CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A BEARDED MAN
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
The elderly male, possibly a philosopher, with full curling beard, moustache and hair, sunken cheeks and heavy lidded unarticulated eyes
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Dr. Arnold Ruesch (1882-1929) collection, Zurich, Switzerland; thence by descent to the present owner.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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Photograph of Arnold Ruesch copyright of Galerie Fischer, Luzern.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Sammlung A. Ruesch, Zürich, Griechische, Etruskische und Römische Altertümer, Galerie Fischer, Luzern, 1936, p. 24, no. 208, dated as Hellenistic.

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