Lot Essay
Cf. similar heads of Alexander in the Louvre, Paris, and Istanbul Archaeological Museum.
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D., A ROMAN COPY OF A GREEK ORIGINAL OF LATE 4TH/EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Details
A Roman marble bust of 'Alexander the Great as Helios'
Circa 2nd Century A.D., a Roman copy of a Greek original of late 4th/early 3rd Century B.C.
Wearing a tunic and hooded cloak over his left shoulder, with characteristic long curls emerging from beneath the hood which is surmounted by a radiate sun-disc, with heavy-lidded almond-shaped eyes and full lips, right arm extended, traces of red pigment on curls and sun-disc, repaired, mounted
14¼ in. (36.3 cm.) high; 14½ in. (37 cm.) across
Circa 2nd Century A.D., a Roman copy of a Greek original of late 4th/early 3rd Century B.C.
Wearing a tunic and hooded cloak over his left shoulder, with characteristic long curls emerging from beneath the hood which is surmounted by a radiate sun-disc, with heavy-lidded almond-shaped eyes and full lips, right arm extended, traces of red pigment on curls and sun-disc, repaired, mounted
14¼ in. (36.3 cm.) high; 14½ in. (37 cm.) across
Provenance
Spinks, London, 1965; reputedly from Alexandria prior to World War II.
Further details
END OF MORNING SESSION
PART II CONTINUES AT 2.30 P.M.
AT CHRISTIE'S SOUTH KENSINGTON
PART II CONTINUES AT 2.30 P.M.
AT CHRISTIE'S SOUTH KENSINGTON