Lot 46
46
A GREEK MARBLE HEAD OF A YOUTH
PROPERTY FROM A CALIFORNIA PRIVATE COLLECTION
A GREEK MARBLE HEAD OF A YOUTH

LATE HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.

Details
A GREEK MARBLE HEAD OF A YOUTH
LATE HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, London, acquired prior to 1997; thence by descent.
Antiquities, Christie's, London, 24 October 2013, lot 42.

Lot Essay

For other marbles showing similar water exposure, see the examples from the Madhia shipwreck, nos. C1183, C1185 and C1189 in G. Hellenkemper Salies, ed., Das Wrack: Der antike Schiffsfund von Mahdia, vol. I.

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