CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

Details

A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF DIONYSUS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
10 ½ in. (26.5 cm.) high

Provenance

UK private collection, reputedly acquired in the early 20th Century.
Antiquities, Christie's, London, 21 April 1999, lot 181.
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale.

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Lot Essay

This sensitively modelled head reflects the Hellenistic influence of the 'schools' in Asia Minor where the earlier spirit and tradition of classical sculpture lived on in the Roman period. The head would have originally fitted into a socketed body.

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