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LOT 0132
Larger Than Lifesize Roman Marble Thumb
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (172 grams, 10 cm high).
Carved marble thumb and portion of the adjacent left hand.
ProvenanceEx Cummings collection, UK, 1990s.
LiteratureSee for a similar colossal thumb sculpture the left hand of Constantine the Great in Parisi Presicce, C., ‘L’abbandono della moderazione: I ritratti di Costantino e della sua progenie’ in Donati, A., Gentili, G., Costantino Il Grande, la civilta' Antica al bivio fra Occidente ed Oriente, Milano, 2005, pp.138-155, pp.144,153.
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