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A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A DIOSKOUROS
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A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A DIOSKOUROS

SEVERAN DYNASTY, LATE 2ND CENTURY A.D.

已结束2023年7月5日

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A ROMAN MARBLE HEAD OF A DIOSKOUROS
SEVERAN DYNASTY, LATE 2ND CENTURY A.D.
14 in. (35.6 cm.) high

H. Money, Esq.
Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 15 July 1980, lot 189.
Private collection, New York.
Property from a New York private collection; Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 6 December 2012, lot 17.
Swiss private collection, acquired from the above.

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The Greek Dioskouri, Castor and Polydeuces, were the twin sons of Zeus and Leda (the name is taken from the Greek Dios kouris, or “youth of Zeus”). The pair is best known for their role in several important mythological events. In one, they were sent to rescue their sister Helen after she was kidnapped by Theseus. The twins also hunted with Meleager and other heroes for the Calydonian Boar and joined Jason and the Argonauts in their quest for the Golden Fleece. The rendering of the long, curling hair framing the face with anastole over the forehead is reminiscent of the iconography of Alexander the Great. Cf. F. Gury, “Dioskouroi/Castores,” in LIMC, vol. III, no. 132.