CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF VENUS
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm.) high
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Louis de Clercq (1836-1901), Paris.
Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Paris and Geneva; thence by descent to the present owner.
Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Paris and Geneva; thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
A. de Ridder, Collection de Clercq, Catalogue Tome IV: Les Marbres, Les Vases Peints et Les Ivoires, Paris, 1906, p. 27, no. 24.
Special notice
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