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Auction archive: Lot number 99

A GREEK MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A MAN

Auction 07.12.2006
7 Dec 2006
Estimate
US$8,000 - US$12,000
Price realised:
US$18,000
Auction archive: Lot number 99

A GREEK MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A MAN

Auction 07.12.2006
7 Dec 2006
Estimate
US$8,000 - US$12,000
Price realised:
US$18,000
Beschreibung:

A GREEK MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A MAN LATE CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C. His oval face with soft, idealizing features, including droopy eyes with heavy upper lids, a broad triangular nose and small mouth, a fringe of pointed locks along the forehead, the top and back of the head roughly finished, a rectangular mortice at the crown of the head, suggesting that these areas were finished in plaster 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 99
Auction:
Datum:
7 Dec 2006
Auction house:
Christie's
7 December 2006, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

A GREEK MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A MAN LATE CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C. His oval face with soft, idealizing features, including droopy eyes with heavy upper lids, a broad triangular nose and small mouth, a fringe of pointed locks along the forehead, the top and back of the head roughly finished, a rectangular mortice at the crown of the head, suggesting that these areas were finished in plaster 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 99
Auction:
Datum:
7 Dec 2006
Auction house:
Christie's
7 December 2006, New York, Rockefeller Center
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