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LOT 0148
Roman Marble Bust of a Kouros
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
8 5/8 in. (4.1 kg, 22 cm high).
Carved in the half-round as a bust of a kouros youth with soft features and tiered hair hanging in hanks to the sides of the clean-shaven face; flat to the reverse.
ProvenanceEx Paris collection.
French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11959-209638.
Cf. similar figure in the British Museum, London, under accession no.1878,0120.1.
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LOT 0148
Roman Marble Bust of a Kouros
Estimate £3,500 - 4,500€4,060 - 5,220 (for guidance only)$4,730 - 6,080 (for guidance only)
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Circa 3rd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,000
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1st century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £59
Restrung with a modern screw clasp; composed mainly of opaque glass beads of squat, spherical form, displaying a frieze of polychrome vertical stripes. 13.7 grams, 60 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
