Lot 112
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A GREEK MARBLE DRAPED MALE TORSO
A GREEK MARBLE DRAPED MALE TORSO
A GREEK MARBLE DRAPED MALE TORSO
A GREEK MARBLE DRAPED MALE TORSO
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A GREEK MARBLE DRAPED MALE TORSO

LATE HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.

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A GREEK MARBLE DRAPED MALE TORSO
LATE HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
64 in. (163 cm.) high
Provenance
Prof. Dr. Ernst Berger (1928-2006), Basel, acquired between 1961-1993.
with Jean-David Cahn, Basel, 2009.
Exhibited
On loan to the Antikenmuseum und Sammlung Ludwig, Basel, 1993-2009.

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Lot Essay

The figure is depicted standing, with the entire body tightly wrapped in the himation and both hands clenching the fabric.
For the type see. A. Lewerentz, ‘Stehende männliche Gewandstatuen im Hellenismus‘, in Antiquitates Archäologische Forschungsergebnisse, Band 5, Hamburg, 1993, pp. 18ff. and pp. 241ff., nos. I, 1; I, 3; I, 4; I, 9; pls 1-8.

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