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A GREEK MARBLE TORSO OF AN ATHLETE
A GREEK MARBLE TORSO OF AN ATHLETE
A GREEK MARBLE TORSO OF AN ATHLETE
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A GREEK MARBLE TORSO OF AN ATHLETE

CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.

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A GREEK MARBLE TORSO OF AN ATHLETE
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
17 in. (43 cm.) high
Provenance
with Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Basel.
with Holger Termer, Hamburg.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1980s.
Exhibited
Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Basel, Schweizerische Kunst und Antiquitätenmesse, 4-12 April 1987.

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Lot Essay

As suggested by the surviving remains of the fillet falling over the shoulder, this torso would have represented a victorious athlete.
A small group of similar votive sculptures, close to the modelling of the 'Kritios Boy' with the typical 'contrapposto' pose, have been listed by Gisela M. A. Richter, Kouroi: Archaic Greek Youths, 1970, pp. 148ff., pls 575-584. In particular, a torso with similar pose and proportions is now in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, acc. no. AN1976.192.

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