A ROMAN ROSSO ANTICO HERM HEAD OF HERMES
A ROMAN ROSSO ANTICO HERM HEAD OF HERMES
A ROMAN ROSSO ANTICO HERM HEAD OF HERMES
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THE DEVOTED CLASSICIST: THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF A NEW YORK ANTIQUARIAN
A ROMAN ROSSO ANTICO HERM HEAD OF HERMES

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN ROSSO ANTICO HERM HEAD OF HERMES
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high
來源
Art Market, Paris, by 1951 (based on custom-made wood base designed and stamped by Kichizô Inagaki (1876-1951), Paris).
Hans Tollman, Cologne.
Antike und islamische Kunst, Gorny & Mosch, Munich, 15 December 2004, lot 461.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York.
Private Collection, North Carolina, acquired from the above, 2005.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York.
Ancient Sculpture & Works of Art, Sotheby’s, London, 4 December 2018, lot 29.
Acquired by the current owner from the above.

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Hannah Fox Solomon
Hannah Fox Solomon Head of Department, Specialist

拍品專文

According to A. Cioffarelli (pp. 95-97 in M.L. Anderson and L. Nista, eds., Radiance in Stone: Sculptures in Colored Marble from the Museo Nazionale Romano), rosso antico is a fine grained, highly compacted limestone, ranging in color from a light red to a dark purple, and can include white calcite marks and striations. The stone was quarried in Taenarum, modern day Cape Matapan in the Peloponnese. In Rome, rosso antico was first attested during the late Republic and was used as a decorative adjunct in walls, pavements and architectural ornaments; by the 2nd century, it was employed for decorative sculpture, such as herms, as demonstrated here. For the type, a Roman variation of Alkamenes' Hermes Propylaios from the 5th century B.C., see nos. 42-57b in G. Siebert, "Hermes," LIMC, vol. V.

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