Details

LOT 0034

Greek Marble Head of Aphrodite

4TH CENTURY BC

9 1/4" (2.7 kg total, 23.5cm including stand).

A carved marble frieze fragment depicting the head of Aphrodite or a muse modelled in the half-round with detailed locks, multi-strand band (sphendone) to the brow and securing cap to the rear holding the chignon; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Provenance

Property of an English gentleman; acquired from the private collection of Mr J.B., London, UK; previously with Mr M.J., UK; formerly in an old French collection; before that from the private collection of John Watson, Cambridge, UK, who worked for the Anthropology and Archaeology Museum, Downing Street, Cambridge; collected between the 1970s and 1980s; accompanied by scholarly note TL05400 by Dr Ronald Bonewitz; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.11005-181677.

Literature

Cf. female bust in the British Museum with similar treatment of the hair, accession number 1873,0820.740.

CONDITION