Lot Essay
Carved in the severe style with long curling beard and moustache, his hair centrally parted and drawn back and tied with a fillet.
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EARLY CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
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A GREEK MARBLE RELIEF HEAD OF A BEARDED GOD
EARLY CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
9 in. (22.9 cm.) high
EARLY CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
9 in. (22.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Thétis Foundation, Geneva, prior to 1987.
The property of the Thétis Foundation, Geneva; Antiquities and Islamic Art, Sotheby’s, New York, 17 December 1998, lot 107.
Collection of Dr. Heinrich Medicus, Troy, New York.
The property of the Thétis Foundation, Geneva; Antiquities and Islamic Art, Sotheby’s, New York, 17 December 1998, lot 107.
Collection of Dr. Heinrich Medicus, Troy, New York.
Literature
Jean-Louis Zimmermann, Collection de la Fondation Thétis: Développements de l'art grec de la préhistoire à Rome, Geneva, 1987, no. 117.
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