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Auction archive: Lot number 329

SIX EGYPTIAN AND ROMAN TERRACOTTA AND STONE HEADS

Estimate
US$5,000 - US$7,000
Price realised:
US$7,500
Auction archive: Lot number 329

SIX EGYPTIAN AND ROMAN TERRACOTTA AND STONE HEADS

Estimate
US$5,000 - US$7,000
Price realised:
US$7,500
Beschreibung:

SIX EGYPTIAN AND ROMAN TERRACOTTA AND STONE HEADS CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.-4TH CENTURY A.D. Including a Roman limestone female head, circa 2nd century A.D.; a Roman terracotta portrait head of Fausta, circa early 4th century A.D.; an Egyptian terracotta head of Amun-Ra, Ptolemaic Period, circa 3rd-1st century B.C.; an Egyptian terracotta head of a woman, Ptolemaic period, circa 3rd-1st century B.C.; a Roman marble head, circa 2nd-3rd century A.D.; and a Roman marble janiform head of a satyr and a faun, circa 2nd century A.D. Tallest: 5 ¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high Provenance All: Dr. Anton Pestalozzi (1915-2007), Zurich, acquired from the above; thence by descent to the current owner. Roman limestone female head: with Enrico Fiorentini, Rome, 1973. Roman head of Fausta: with H.A.C. Kunst der Antike, Basel, 1997. Egyptian Amun-Ra and Egyptian Terracotta head of a woman: Said to be from the Fayum. with Roger Khawam, Galerie Khepri, Paris, 1978. Roman marble female head: with Art Gallery, Icons, Ancient Art and Oriental Gifts, Vienna, 1976. Roman marble janiform herm head: with M. Simotti Rocchi, Rome, 1981.

Auction archive: Lot number 329
Auction:
Datum:
28 Oct 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
Beschreibung:

SIX EGYPTIAN AND ROMAN TERRACOTTA AND STONE HEADS CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.-4TH CENTURY A.D. Including a Roman limestone female head, circa 2nd century A.D.; a Roman terracotta portrait head of Fausta, circa early 4th century A.D.; an Egyptian terracotta head of Amun-Ra, Ptolemaic Period, circa 3rd-1st century B.C.; an Egyptian terracotta head of a woman, Ptolemaic period, circa 3rd-1st century B.C.; a Roman marble head, circa 2nd-3rd century A.D.; and a Roman marble janiform head of a satyr and a faun, circa 2nd century A.D. Tallest: 5 ¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high Provenance All: Dr. Anton Pestalozzi (1915-2007), Zurich, acquired from the above; thence by descent to the current owner. Roman limestone female head: with Enrico Fiorentini, Rome, 1973. Roman head of Fausta: with H.A.C. Kunst der Antike, Basel, 1997. Egyptian Amun-Ra and Egyptian Terracotta head of a woman: Said to be from the Fayum. with Roger Khawam, Galerie Khepri, Paris, 1978. Roman marble female head: with Art Gallery, Icons, Ancient Art and Oriental Gifts, Vienna, 1976. Roman marble janiform herm head: with M. Simotti Rocchi, Rome, 1981.

Auction archive: Lot number 329
Auction:
Datum:
28 Oct 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
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