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CIRCA 2ND - 3RD CENTURY A.D.
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A FRAGMENTARY ROMAN MARBLE MALE HEAD
CIRCA 2ND - 3RD CENTURY A.D.
With traces of curling, drilled hair, close-set eyes and small mouth
9.3/4 in. (25 cm.) high
CIRCA 2ND - 3RD CENTURY A.D.
With traces of curling, drilled hair, close-set eyes and small mouth
9.3/4 in. (25 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired by Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel (1586-1646), for Arundel House, The Strand, London.
Thence by descent to Henry, 7th Duke of Norfolk (d. 1701), by whom gifted to his former servant Boyder Cuper.
Boyder Cuper, “Cupids Garden”, Kennington, London, until 1719.
John Freeman, Fawley Court, Henley-on-Thames, 1719, and thence by descent.
The Arundel Marbles and other Sculpture from Fawley Court and Hall Barn, Christie’s London, 10 December 1985, lot 254.
Thence by descent to Henry, 7th Duke of Norfolk (d. 1701), by whom gifted to his former servant Boyder Cuper.
Boyder Cuper, “Cupids Garden”, Kennington, London, until 1719.
John Freeman, Fawley Court, Henley-on-Thames, 1719, and thence by descent.
The Arundel Marbles and other Sculpture from Fawley Court and Hall Barn, Christie’s London, 10 December 1985, lot 254.
Literature
J. Aubrey, Natural History and Antiquities of Surrey, vol V, London, 1719, tab. VIII.
D.E.L. Haynes, 'The Arundel Marbles: the Formation and Dispersal of the First Great Collection of Classical Sculpture in England’, Archaeology 21, 1968, pp. 85-91, pls. 206-211.
D.E.L. Haynes, 'The Fawley Court Relief’, Apollo 96, 1972, pp. 6-11, pl. 9.
D.E.L. Haynes, The Arundel Marbles, Oxford, 1975, p. 16.
D.E.L. Haynes, 'The Arundel Marbles: the Formation and Dispersal of the First Great Collection of Classical Sculpture in England’, Archaeology 21, 1968, pp. 85-91, pls. 206-211.
D.E.L. Haynes, 'The Fawley Court Relief’, Apollo 96, 1972, pp. 6-11, pl. 9.
D.E.L. Haynes, The Arundel Marbles, Oxford, 1975, p. 16.
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