CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.

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A GREEK MARBLE HEAD OF A MAN
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
The middle-aged man with luxurious beard and moustache, with full fleshy lips, creased forehead, and thick, short curly hair
4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) high

Provenance

Private collection, Germany, 1970s.
with Artemis Münzen und Antiquitäten GMBH, Munich, from whom acquired by the present owner in 1995.

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Lot Essay

The present lot may be from a statuette of Herakles, or from a grave stele, which became increasingly elaborate during the 4th Century B.C., often depicting family groups. Cf. 'Marble head of a man from a grave stele', The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inv. no. 1996.522, for a parallel of the style.

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