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

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A ROMAN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE HERM HEAD OF HERMES PROPYLAIOS
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.- 1ST CENTURY A.D.
The god with flowing beard and moustache, hair arranged in three rows of archaic-style tight curls, wearing a fillet, pupils recessed for inlays (now missing)
7½ in. (19 cm.) high

Provenance

Collection of Sir Francis Dashwood of High Wycombe, 11th Baronet (1925-2000).
The Property of Sir Francis Dashwood, Bt.; Christie's, London, 16 March 1977, lot 232. (When it was mounted on a later yellow marble bust, catalogued as 17th Century A.D.)
Private collection, Switzerland.

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Lot Essay

Sir Francis Dashwood was a descendent of Francis Dashwood, 15th Baron le Despencer (1708-1781), former Chancellor of the Exchequer, notorious rake and founder of the Hellfire Club, who embarked on a Grand Tour in 1726.

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