Roman Marble Head of a Satyr
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1st-3rd century A.D. Of Praxitelic type with fillet to the brow, tousled hair and rounded facial features with stern expression. For similar Roman copies of Praxiteles's satyr, see the Walters Art Gallery, MA, inv. no. 23.22; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, acc. no. 08.258.43; the British Museum, London, 1838, 1231.1; cf. Scrinari, V.S.M., Sculture Romane di Aquileia, Roma, 1972, nos.111-112; Stewart, A., Greek Sculpture, Yale, 1990, p.280, no.498; Pasquier A., Martinez, J.L., Praxitele, Paris, 2007, pp.270-275. 519 grams, 88 mm (3 1/2 in.).
Acquired early 1990s. Ex private American collection; thence by descent. Private Swiss collection since 1998. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11632-199025.
The head appears to be a copy of the Praxitelian type known as 'the Pouring Satyr'. The head, realised with sensitivity, but technically and stylistically academic, could be dated to the first half of the 2nd century A.D. For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price
Acquired early 1990s. Ex private American collection; thence by descent. Private Swiss collection since 1998. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11632-199025.
The head appears to be a copy of the Praxitelian type known as 'the Pouring Satyr'. The head, realised with sensitivity, but technically and stylistically academic, could be dated to the first half of the 2nd century A.D. For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price
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Roman Marble Head of a Satyr
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